merogony

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(biology) A form of asexual reproduction whereby a parasitic protozoan replicates its own nucleus inside its host's cell and then induces cell segmentation; schizogony.

(medicine, embryology) The development of part of an ovum after damage.

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Heteroxenous: alternates between vertebrate host (in which merogony occurs) and invertebrate host (in which sporogony occurs). Source: Internet

The coccidian lifecycle involves merogony, gametogony, and sporogony. Source: Internet

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