Medical term:
polyembryony
pol·y·em·bry·o·ny
(pol'ē-em-brē'ō-nē),Condition of a zygote's giving rise to two or more embryos.
[poly- + G. embryon, embryo]
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polyembryony
(pŏl′ē-ĕm′brē-ə-nē, -ĕm-brī′-)n.
Development of more than one embryo from a single egg or ovule.
pol′y·em′bry·on′ic (-brē-ŏn′ĭk) adj.
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polyembryony
- (in plants) the formation of more than one embryo within the TESTA of a seed.
- (in animals) the development of more than one embryo from a single egg as occurs, for example, in certain parasitic HYMENOPTERA which use this phenomenon to increase rapidly the numbers of juveniles within the host.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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