Definition of pathenogenicity:
°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.
"Scientists say the birth is the second confirmed instance of a shark being conceived by parthenogenesis, a process in which an unfertilised egg develops into a new individual. — AFP, October 15, 2008."
°The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the
nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the
embrionic vesicle.
Definition of pathenogenicity:
°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.
"Scientists say the birth is the second confirmed instance of a shark being conceived by parthenogenesis, a process in which an unfertilised egg develops into a new individual. — AFP, October 15, 2008."
°The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the
nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the
embrionic vesicle.