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Meaning of DYSGENESIS

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 Definition: [n]  infertility between hybrids
 
 See Also: infertility, sterility

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dys*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. dys- + genesis.] (Biol.)
A condition of not generating or breeding freely;
infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are
sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of
either parent race.

 

 

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