Par`the`nog´e`ny
| n. | 1. | (Biol.) Same as Parthenogenesis. |
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| Noun | 1. |  parthenogeny - human conception without fertilization by a managamogenesis, asexual reproduction - reproduction without the fusion of gametes |
| 2. | parthenogeny - process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods androgenesis, androgeny - male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization apomixis - any of several kinds of reproduction without 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 |
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