parthenogenesis

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1. process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods (noun.process)

hypernym	:	apomixis,
definition	:	any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization (noun.process)

hyponym	:	androgenesis, androgeny,
definition	:	male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization (noun.process)

hyponym	:	gynogenesis,
definition	:	female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus (noun.process)

2. human conception without fertilization by a man (noun.process)

hypernym	:	agamogenesis, asexual reproduction,
definition	:	reproduction without the fusion of gametes (noun.process)

3. process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods (noun.process)

derivation	:	agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic,
definition	:	(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction (adj.all)

derivation	:	agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic,
definition	:	(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction (adj.all)