- pseudofertilization
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see pseudogamy.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
pseudofertilization
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pseudofertilization — pseu·do·fertilization … English syllables
pseudofertilization — “+ noun Etymology: pseud + fertilization : a process substituting for normal fertilization (as fusion of egg and polar body in various coccids or pseudogamy in a nematode) … Useful english dictionary
pseudogamy — n. [Gr. pseudos, false; gamos, marriage] Apomictic parthenogenesis; development of a female gamete after stimulation (without fertilization) by a male gamete; also termed pseudofertilization, pseudomixis, and also gynogenesis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
