Usually means: Reproduction using only female gametes.
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  1. gynogenesis: Merriam-Webster
  2. gynogenesis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gynogenesis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gynogenesis: Vocabulary.com
  5. gynogenesis: Wiktionary
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  7. gynogenesis: Dictionary.com
  8. Gynogenesis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. gynogenesis: Rhymezone
  10. gynogenesis: FreeDictionary.org
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  12. gynogenesis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gynogenesis: Encyclopedia

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  1. gynogenesis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. gynogenesis: Medical dictionary

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noun:  (biology) Female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus.

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