Androgeneetiliste

Androgeneetiliste is a Finnish term used to describe phenomena, traits, or conditions that are determined or strongly influenced by androgens—male sex hormones such as testosterone and dihydrotestosterone—or by a paternal genome contribution in genetic imprinting. In Finnish scientific usage the term is primarily found in genetics, endocrinology and developmental biology to describe how androgenic signaling or paternal genetic material shapes phenotypes.

In physiology, androgenic effects can cause masculinization of tissues, growth of hair (androgenetic hair loss), sebaceous gland activity, and the development of male secondary sexual characteristics. The term is often encountered in clinical contexts through the compound adjective androgenetic, as in androgenetic alopecia, where hair follicle miniaturization is driven by androgens.

In genetics and embryology, androgenetic denotes processes or organisms that involve only paternal genetic material. Androgenesis is a reproductive mechanism in some plants and animals, and experimental use in mammals can produce androgenetic embryos, typically for research into genomic imprinting and developmental biology.

In imprinting, certain genes are expressed depending on their parental origin; studying androgenetic samples helps researchers understand paternal gene effects. Limitations: the term is specialized; in everyday Finnish language it is seldom used outside scientific literature. See also: androgenesis, genomic imprinting, androgenic alopecia, endocrinology.