aneugeny

English

Etymology

From an- (“not”) +‎ eu- (“good”) +‎ -geny (“creation; origin”), modeled off aneuploid.

Noun

aneugeny (uncountable)

1. The creation of aneuploid gametes.
   • 2003, Evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food (WHO Technical Support Series), World Health Organization, page 2:

     The Committee further noted that there could be a threshold for some genotoxic mechanisms, particularly those in which damage to DNA is indirect, such as inhibition of spindle formation leading to aneugeny.

   • 2003, M. Campagna et al., “Diethylsulphate and methylnitrosourea affect different targets in Chinese hamster fibroblasts: possible mechanisms of aneuploidy induction by these agents”, in Mutagenesis, volume 18, number 5:

     In summary, our results indicate that the classic mutagens DES and NMU induce aneugeny in Chinese hamster cell lines, but they do so by different mechanisms.

   • 2018, Onanong Kritpetcharat et al., “Chromosome Abnormalities and Absolute Telomere Lengths of Leukocytes from Silk Weavers with Emphasis on Potential Genotoxicity and Mutagenicity of Silk Dyes”, in Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, volume 19, number 2, page 541:

     Because azo dyes contain heavy metals such as chromium and cobalt, they can cause chromosome aberrations such as aneugeny at physiological concentrations.