parthenogenesis
noun
par·the·no·gen·e·sis
ˌpär-thə-nō-ˈje-nə-səs 
: reproduction by development of an unfertilized usually female gamete that occurs especially among lower plants and invertebrate animals
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One guess was one of the five sharks in her tank, while another was through parthenogenesis, a rare method of asexual reproduction in which a female can produce an embryo without fertilizing an egg with sperm.
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Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2024
The birth is a rare phenomenon called parthenogenesis.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
Someone sent him a python that was born via parthenogenesis and her daughter, who was also born by parthenogenesis — first- and second-generation parthenogens.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 12 June 2024
So, experts presumed Charlotte’s pregnancy was a result of parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction in which an egg develops into an embryo without male fertilization.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2024
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Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2024
The birth is a rare phenomenon called parthenogenesis.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
Someone sent him a python that was born via parthenogenesis and her daughter, who was also born by parthenogenesis — first- and second-generation parthenogens.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 12 June 2024
So, experts presumed Charlotte’s pregnancy was a result of parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction in which an egg develops into an embryo without male fertilization.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2024
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parthenogenesis
noun
par·the·no·gen·e·sis
ˌpär-thə-nō-ˈje-nə-səs
: reproduction especially among lower plants and invertebrates in which a germ cell that has not undergone fertilization develops into a new individual
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parthenogenesis
noun
par·the·no·gen·e·sis
ˌpär-thə-nō-ˈjen-ə-səs
plural parthenogeneses
-ˌsēz
: reproduction by development of an unfertilized usually female gamete that occurs especially among lower plants and invertebrate animals
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