Meaning of arrhenogeny | Babel Free

Definitions

The production of only male offspring.

uncountable

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).”

“A male-biased brood free of endosymbiotes was found in the SO population. The way in which this arrhenogeny occurs is as yet unclear.”

“monogeny — the production of only male (“arrhenogeny”) or female (“thelygeny”) offspring.”

CEFR level