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Parthenogenesis Common

Parthenogenesis has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

human conception without fertilization by a man

2

process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods

3

Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:

4

(An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare metagenesis, heterogamy.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
asexual reproduction apomixis
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
androgenesis gynogenesis
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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