English

Noun

arrhenogeny ‎(uncountable)

1. (zoology, reproduction) The production of only male offspring.
   • 1982, Graham Bell, The Masterpiece of Nature :: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality, page 441:

     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).

   • 1994, International Journal on Endocytobiosis and Cell Research, page 222:

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

   • 2012, Rigomar Rieger, Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, page 335:

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

Derived terms

• arrhenogenous

Antonyms

• thelygeny

Hypernyms

• monogeny