embryony
nounEtymology From embryo + -y.
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Biology, Natural sciences The formation of an embryo; embryogenesis.
- Whether flowers were pollinated or not, autonomous egg and antipodal embryonies occurred at nearly equal frequencies and progressed almost synchronously for several days.1992 March, A. Kojima, Y. Nagato, “Pseudogamous embryogenesis and the degree of parthenogenesis in Allium tuberosum”, in Sexual Plant Reproduction, volume 5, number 1:
- Nucellar embryony allows citrus rootstock breeders to produce F1 hybrids that are highly heterozygous, but produce seedlings that are genetically uniform and identical to the mother tree.2007, Iqrar A. Khan, Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, →ISBN, page 142:
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- Besides, according to the logic of Nogler's reasoning, the phenomenon of monozygotic cleavage embryony (formation of twins, triplets and so on), as well as of integumental embryony should be included in apomixis.2009, T B Batygina, Embryology of Flowering Plants:
- Since dermatoglyphic traits are also set in early embryony it was considered logical to look for dermatoglyphic deviations which may have occurred as a result of the rubella infection.2012, N.M. Durham, C.C. Plato, Trends in Dermatoglyphic Research, →ISBN, page 125: