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parthenogenetic
par·the·no·gen·e·sis P0085400 (pär′thə-nō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs)n.1. A form of reproduction in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual, occurring commonly among insects and certain other arthropods.2. The artificial activation of an unfertilized usually mammalian egg, resulting in an embryolike cell cluster from which stem cells can be harvested.
[New Latin : Greek parthenos, virgin + genesis.]
par′the·no·ge·net′ic (-jə-nĕt′ĭk), par′the·no·gen′ic (-jĕn′ĭk) adj.par′the·no·ge·net′i·cal·ly adv.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  parthenogenetic - (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproductionagamic, agamogenetic, agamous, apomicticasexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction" |
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Related to parthenogenetic: automixisSynonyms for parthenogeneticadj (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproductionSynonyms- agamic
- agamogenetic
- agamous
- apomictic
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