Polyembryony

Quick meaning: Polyembryony is a noun meaning (biology) The production of two or more embryos from a single fertilized egg.

Meaning

(biology) The production of two or more embryos from a single fertilized egg.

More Meanings

1. (botany) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.

Example Sentences

In all these groups cloning, where it occurs, must be through polyembryony or parthenogenesis.

By its nature, that is whether it develops with or without fertilization, simple polyembryony can be sexual or asexual.

Despite their utility in research, litters produced by polyembryony lack the advantages conferred by either asexual or sexual reproduction.

Polyembryony was first reported by Leeuwenhoek in citrus as early as 1719 and the different cases of polyembryony were studied by Braun in 1859.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include monembryony, polycotyledon, polycyesis, monoecy, polycotyly, polysomia.

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