parthenogeny
Noun
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Human conception without fertilization by a man (synset 113553950)
is a type of: agamogenesis, asexual reproduction - reproduction without the fusion of gametessame as: parthenogenesis, virgin birth
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Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual;
Common among insects and some other arthropods (synset 113553704)is a type of: apomixis - any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilizationsubtypes:- androgenesis, androgeny - male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization
- gynogenesis - female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus
same as: parthenogenesis
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