Parthenogenesis

Reproduction by the development of an egg without it being fertilized by a sperm.


Type of reproduction in which an unfertilized ovum develops into a complete organism; it occurs in certain insects and other invertebrate animals.


Reproduction in which an organism develops from an unfertilized ovum. It is common in plants and occurs in some lower animals (e.g. aphids).


Reproduction arising from a female egg that has not been fertilized by the male; unisexual reproduction.


The growth of an organism from an egg that hasn’t been fertilized.


 


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