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androgenesis

Translations

androgenesisnoun

androgénèseBiologie ; en botanique, désigne aussi l’obtention d’une plante haploïde à partir d’un gamète mâle non fécondé.

In some species of fish, androgenesis can occur, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the father.

Chez certaines espèces de poissons, l’androgénèse peut se produire, donnant des descendants génétiquement identiques au père.

Synonyms

male parthenogenesis

paternal parthenogenesis

androgenic reproduction

androgenesisnoun

A form of reproduction in which an organism is developed from the male gamete without any genetic contribution from the female gamete.

In some species of fish, androgenesis can occur, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the father.

In plant breeding, the production of a (usually haploid) plant directly from an unfertilised male gamete (pollen grain), typically induced in vitro.

Androgenesis is widely employed in cereal breeding programs to obtain homozygous lines more rapidly.