hybridogenesis
|hy-brid-o-gen-e-sis|
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/ˌhaɪbrɪdoʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs/
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/ˌhaɪbrɪdəʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs/
hybrid-origin reproductive process
Etymology
'hybridogenesis' originates from Modern English, combining 'hybrid' (from Latin 'hybrida') and Greek 'genesis' (Greek 'γένεσις'), where 'hybrid(a)' meant 'offspring of mixed origin' and 'genesis' meant 'origin' or 'birth'.
'hybridogenesis' was formed in scientific usage by joining 'hybrid' (a Late Latin/English borrowing meaning a mixed offspring) with the Greek-derived suffix '-genesis' (used in biology to denote origin or formation), yielding the term used in biology to describe the formation/origin-related reproductive phenomenon.
Initially the components referred generally to 'origin of hybrids' (i.e., how hybrids arise); over time the compound came to denote a specific reproductive mechanism in which hybrids pass on only one parental genome.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a reproductive system in which hybrids produce gametes that exclude or fail to transmit one parental genome, resulting in hemiclonal offspring rather than fully sexual recombination.
Hybridogenesis has been documented in some fish and amphibian species, where hybrids transmit only one parental genome to their offspring.
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Last updated: 2025/10/10 23:48