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Dysgenesis

Dysgenesis Meaning & Definition
Dysgenesis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dysgenesis?

[n] infertility between hybrids

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See Also | infertility | sterility

Dysgenesis In Webster's Dictionary

\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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