Gynogenesis

Japanese: gynogenesis
Gynogenesis

...And even if the sperm of other subspecies of crucian carp, goldfish, carp, loach, etc. are mixed with the eggs of the ginbuna of this region, the offspring will not become hybrids, but will grow up as female ginbuna. This phenomenon is called gynogenesis. Such ginbuna have a triploid (156) or, rarely, a tetraploid (206) chromosome number, which is significantly different from the diploid (100) of other common crucian carp. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "gynogenesis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そしてこの地方のギンブナの卵に他亜種のフナ,キンギョ,コイ,ドジョウなどの精子を配してもその子は雑種とならず,ギンブナの雌として成育する。この現象を雌性生殖gynogenesisと呼んでいる。このようなギンブナは染色体数が三倍体(156),またはまれに四倍体(206)で,他の一般のフナの二倍体(100)と著しく異なっている。…

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