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Parthenogenesis

noun
1.
Human conception without fertilization by a man.  Synonyms: parthenogeny, virgin birth.
2.
Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods.  Synonym: parthenogeny.





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"Parthenogenesis" Quotes from Famous Books



... these revelations; but soon a German clergyman, Dzierzon, discovered parthenogenesis, i. e. the virginal parturition of queens, and contrived the first hive with movable combs, thereby enabling the bee-keeper henceforth to take his share of the harvest of honey, without being forced to destroy his best colonies and in one instant annihilate ...
— The Life of the Bee • Maurice Maeterlinck


Words linked to "Parthenogenesis" :   asexual reproduction, androgeny, agamogenesis, apomixis, androgenesis, gynogenesis, parthenogenetic


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