Associations to the word «Parthenogenesis»

Wiktionary

PARTHENOGENESIS, noun. (biology) Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:
PARTHENOGENESIS, noun. (biology) (uncountable) Reproduction by the development of a single gamete (viz. an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare metagenesis, heterogamy.
PARTHENOGENESIS, noun. (biology) (uncountable) (formerly) Asexual reproduction in toto; agamogenesis.
PARTHENOGENESIS, noun. (biology) (countable) (rare) An instance or example of parthenogenesis.
PARTHENOGENESIS, noun. (countable and uncountable) figurative uses of the biologic senses
PARTHENOGENESIS, noun. (theology) Virgin birth, in reference to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.

Dictionary definition

PARTHENOGENESIS, noun. Human conception without fertilization by a man.
PARTHENOGENESIS, noun. Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods.

Wise words

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