Relating to or produced by gynogenesis; describing organisms that develop from unfertilized or pseudo-fertilized female gametes.
From 'gynogenesis' plus the suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to.' Created in 20th-century biology to describe this unusual reproductive phenomenon.
Gynogenetic fish are nature's clones in a way—they're genetically identical to their mothers, which sounds impossible but is a real strategy some species use when males are scarce!
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