Embryony

Quick meaning: Embryony is a noun meaning (biology) The formation of an embryo; embryogenesis.

Meaning

(biology) The formation of an embryo; embryogenesis.

Example Sentences

Whether flowers were pollinated or not, autonomous egg and antipodal embryonies occurred at nearly equal frequencies and progressed almost synchronously for several days.

Since dermatoglyphic traits are also set in early embryony it was considered logical to look for dermatoglyphic deviations which may have occurred as a result of the rubella infection.

Nucellar embryony allows citrus rootstock breeders to produce F1 hybrids that are highly heterozygous, but produce seedlings that are genetically uniform and identical to the mother tree.

Besides, according to the logic of Nogler's reasoning, the phenomenon of monozygotic cleavage embryony (formation of twins, triplets and so on), as well as of integumental embryony should be included in apomixis.

Word Forms

• embryonies

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nucellar, adventitious, embryonation, embryogeny, embryogenesis, embryogony.

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