PARTHENOGENESIS

Parthenogenesis

Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur without fertilization. In animals, parthenogenesis means development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell and is a component process of apomixis.

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parthenogenesis

Noun

  1. Reproduction by the development of a single gamete (viz. an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare , .
    1. Asexual reproduction in toto; agamogenesis.
  2. An instance or example of parthenogenesis.
  1. figurative uses of the biologic senses
  2. Virgin birth, in reference to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.


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