monogeny

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ -geny.

Noun

monogeny (uncountable)

  1. Production of offspring of only one sex.
    Antonym: amphogenic
    • 1982, Graham Bell, The Masterpiece of Nature :: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality‎[1], 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).
  2. (anthropology, historical) The doctrine that all of the members of the human race have a common origin.
  3. Synonym of monogenesis.

Hyponyms

References

“monogeny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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