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UK
/pˌɑːθənəʊdʒˈɛnɪsˌɪs/
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NOUN
- human conception without fertilization by a man
- process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
How To Use parthenogenesis In A Sentence
- thelytoky: parthenogenesis in which only males are produced Are Men Necessary?
- In nature, clones are derived from a single parental organism or cell by mitotic cell division, asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis.
- This process is known as parthenogenesis, where unfertilized eggs develop into embryos without sperm.
- Both incompatibility and parthenogenesis microorganisms alter host chromosome behaviour during early mitotic divisions of the egg.
- A great diversity of reproductive mechanisms occur among nematodes, including amphimixis, automictic hermaphroditisim, and parthenogenesis.
- This process is known as parthenogenesis, where unfertilized eggs develop into embryos without sperm.
- The authors speculate that the fusion of polar bodies in the RKK might be a preadaptation to automictic parthenogenesis through central fusion.
- In parthenogenesis, an unfertilized egg can start dividing and still produce a normal offspring.
- Most cladocerans reproduce both parthenogenetically and sexually, employing a breeding system termed cyclic parthenogenesis. Crustacea
- To trigger parthenogenesis, then, Loeb had to simulate fertilisation.
