Telegony

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounThe belief that, in the case of siblings from the same mother but different fathers, the second sibling could inherit characteristics from the father of the first.

Synonyms

postgeniture heteropaternity xenogenesis heterodisomy polygenism porphyrogenitism homogenesis heterogenesis inheritance perigenesis grandoffspring diallelism

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