Definitions for parthenogenesis

parthenogenesis par·the·no·gen·e·sis

Spelling: [par-thuh-noh-jen-uh-sis]
IPA: /ˌpær θə noʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs/

Parthenogenesis is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 3896 anagrams from letters in parthenogenesis (aeeeghinnoprsst).

Definitions for parthenogenesis

noun

  1. development of an egg without fertilization.

Origin of parthenogenesis

First recorded in 1840-50; partheno- + genesis

Examples for parthenogenesis

parthenogenesis is no longer wonderful; in fact, the wonder is that it should not oftener occur.

parthenogenesis occurs; the unfertilized eggs produced only males (Flock, 1941).

I have dealt with the physiology of parthenogenesis in the seventeenth chapter of the Riddle.

parthenogenesis exists; the unfertilized eggs produced only males (Edmunds, 1954).

He says parthenogenesis in higher lifeforms is virtually impossible.

No one who knows to-day dares to sneer at parthenogenesis, or to repeat the slander of Celsus about the Mother of God.

Is it true that female Primula plants always produce females by parthenogenesis?

Of the union of the two sexes, females alone are born; parthenogenesis gives birth at the same time to females and males.

The same tendency reaches its logical conclusion in the parthenogenesis of insects.

Sex-generation is the mark of a higher organism than parthenogenesis.

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