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Definition of Parthenogenesis

1. Noun. Human conception without fertilization by a man.

2. Noun. Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods.

Definition of Parthenogenesis

1. n. The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.

Definition of Parthenogenesis

1. Noun. (biology) (non-gloss definition Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:) ¹

2. Noun. (countable and uncountable) ''figurative uses of the biologic senses'' ¹

3. Noun. (theology) Virgin birth, in reference to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parthenogenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Medical Definition of Parthenogenesis

1. Development of an ovum without fusion of its nucleus with a male pronucleus to form a zygote. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parthenogenesis

parters partes partes corporis humani parthanatos partheite partheniad partheniads partheno- parthenocarpic parthenocarpies

parthenocarpy parthenogen parthenogeneses parthenogenetic parthenogenetically parthenogenic parthenogenitive parthenogens parthenogeny parthenolide

parthenophobia parthenote parthenotes parthood parti parti-color parti pris

Literary usage of Parthenogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"On the conditions governing the production of artificial parthenogenesis in ... Somov, MP Die Lehre von der Parthenogenesis in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. ..."

2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"Combination of Parthenogenesis and Fertilization 142 i. The Curve of Fertilization after Butyric Acid Treatment 142 A. Optimum Exposure to Butyric Acid 148 ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Taking all these cases together, asexual reproduction or parthenogenesis in general is seen to be due to budding or cell-division in the egg. ..."

4. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Artificial parthenogenesis. — The most important experimental evidence ... Parthenogenesis is observed somewhat frequently in a number of animals, ..."

5. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln ( Goodale (1890)
"449 ct scq. a Braun: Ueber Parthenogenesis bci ... Cases of parthenogenesis occur in the lower plants, where they have been followed out in cultures ..."

6. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1857)
"The term Parthenogenesis—the production of young by a virgin —lucina sine concubitu—was introduced by Professor Owen, to designate " the successive ..."

7. Plant Genetics by John Merle Coulter, Merle Crowe Coulter (1918)
"Parthenogenesis is the development of an embryo by an unfertilized egg, ... Parthenogenesis is not peculiar to any region of the plant kingdom, ..."

8. Studies in General Physiology by Jacques Loeb (1905)
"XXXIII EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL Parthenogenesis IX ANNELIDS ... The second problem was to try whether artificial parthenogenesis is confined to the group ..."

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