Difference between revisions of "Parthenogenesis"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_154184" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_154184" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle. </p> <p> (2): (n.) The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77690" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77690" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 06:02, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.
(2): ( n.) The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Name given to asexual reproduction, that is, to reproduction of plants or animals by means of unimpregnated germs or ova.
