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Meaning of monogeny | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Production of offspring of only one sex.
    uncountable
  2. The doctrine that all of the members of the human race have a common origin.
    historical, uncountable
  3. Synonym of monogenesis.
    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).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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