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Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual
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parthenogenesis
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"reproduction without fertilization," 1849, from Greek parthenos "virgin," of unknown origin, + -genesis "birth, origin, creation." Related: Parthenogenetic .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context biology English) (non-gloss definition: Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:) 2 # (context biology uncountable English) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (''viz.'' an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Anyway, Loeb found that, with such simulation, parthenogenesis proceeded. ▪ As Pateman notes, parthenogenesis would seem to be the only possibility. ▪ Bacteria are not present in the eggs of bisexual strains or those with genetically ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Parthenogenesis (; from the Greek παρθένος parthenos, "virgin", + γένεσις genesis, "creation" ) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur without fertilization . In animals , parthenogenesis means development ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. human conception without fertilization by a man [syn: parthenogeny , virgin birth ] process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods [syn: parthenogeny ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
parthenogenesis \par`the*no*gen"e*sis\ (p[aum]r`th[-e]*n[-o]*j[e^]n"[-e]*s[i^]s), n. [Gr. parqe`nos a virgin + E. genesis.] (Biol.) The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention ...
Usage examples of parthenogenesis.
In either case, then, whether with hybrids or in cases of parthenogenesis, the early death of the embryo is due to inability to recollect, owing to a fault in the chain of associated ideas.
If by some miracle she and Annie had been able to decipher the ancient secrets of parthenogenesis, their child would have looked a lot like Rainey, she realized as she flipped through the sketches, turning them this way and that.
Millennia-old problems in the artificial production of cellular life were solved with sober single-mindedness, and parthenogenesis allowed literally billions of females of all species to have the offspring that a cruel Nature forbade them to bear.
Some workers, indeed, are capable of parthenogenesis, and give birth to children who never had fathers.
This last class, besides seeking to balance the sex ratio, perhaps had in mind the fact or rumor that human parthenogenesis had been achieved.
Utopia of sorts, created and inhabited by people who are neither men nor women but something else, who reproduce by grafted uterus and surgery, a kind of artificial parthenogenesis, if you like.
There the Coven surely would have perished, since all had sworn not to reproduce until parthenogenesis was a reality.
That was the rationale behind early parthenogenesis experiments on Herlandiaattempting to cull masculinity from the human process entirely.
At a pinch, and by dint of seeing seventy times books and kids bracketed together, one would think that they are equally the fruits of imagination and dream, the miraculous products of an ideal parthenogenesis able to give at once to woman, apparently, the Balzacian joys of creation and the tender joys of motherhood.
Since I intentionally desexed them entirely, even to parthenogenesis, I found this a bit thick.
I can only conclude that our egg cells are formed through mitosis rather than the usual meio sis, which would more or less halve the number of chromosomes yet again: how else to explain generation upon generation of parthenogenesis?