Thelygeny
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thelygeny is a noun meaning (zoology, reproduction) The production of only female offspring.
Meaning
(zoology, reproduction) The production of only female offspring.
Example Sentences
monogeny — the production of only male (“arrhenogeny”) or female (“thelygeny”) offspring.
Both series of experiments show the possibility of an experimental induction for intersexuality and thelygeny.
If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny).
Antonyms for thelygeny
Common opposites include arrhenogeny.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arrhenogeny, thelytoky, arrhenotoky, physiogony, anthogenesis, zoogony.
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