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parthenogenesis
Apr. 19th, 2007 07:22 amparthenogenesis - n., reproduction in which an egg develops into a new individual without being fertilized.
Which doesn't necessarily mean the offspring are clone daughters of the mother -- in bees and ants, for example, haploid males come from unfertilized eggs of the diploid queen. Coined from Greek parthenos, virgin + genesis, origin, creation, generation.
---L.
Which doesn't necessarily mean the offspring are clone daughters of the mother -- in bees and ants, for example, haploid males come from unfertilized eggs of the diploid queen. Coined from Greek parthenos, virgin + genesis, origin, creation, generation.
---L.
