Meanings
- uncountablereproductionbiologyThe production of only male offspring.
monogeny — the production of only male (“arrhenogeny”) or female (“thelygeny”) offspring.
2012, Rigomar Rieger, Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, page 3352 more examples
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).
1982, Graham Bell, The Masterpiece of Nature :: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality, page 441A male-biased brood free of endosymbiotes was found in the SO population. The way in which this arrhenogeny occurs is as yet unclear.
1994, International Journal on Endocytobiosis and Cell Research, page 222
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἄρρην (árrhēn) + -geny.
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