Definition of parthenote in English:
parthenote
noun ˈpɑːθənəʊtˈpärTHənōt
Biology An organism produced from an unfertilized ovum, which is incapable of developing beyond the early embryonic stages.
Example sentencesExamples
- But genetic tests indicated the Koreans very likely had true embryos, not parthenotes.
- Primate parthenotes are, if anything, easier to grow into different tissue types than ES cells, says West.
- The resulting cells, called parthenotes, are clones of their mother.
- Unfortunately parthenotes don't side-step all objections to creating human embryos as a source of stem cells.
- It's not clear that stem cells from human parthenotes would be useful in therapies.
Origin
1930s: from parthenogenesis and zygote.