gametogenetic

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It would be similar to the process of identical twinning but must take place two stages earlier in the gametogenetic sequence.

Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973
T.H. Morgan, in a volume published some years ago, [Footnote: _Evolution and Adaptation_.] put forward the extraordinary view that the Pleuronectidae arose from symmetrical fishes by a mutation which was entirely gametogenetic and entirely independent of habits or external conditions, and then finding itself with two eyes on one side of its head, and no air-bladder, adopted the new mode of life, the new habit of lying on the ground on one side in order to make better use of its asymmetrically placed eyes.

Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897