Concept information
Preferred term
Parthenogenesis
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Arrhenotoky
- Automixis
- Thelytoky
Scope note
- A unisexual reproduction without the fusion of a male and a female gamete (FERTILIZATION). In parthenogenesis, an individual is formed from an unfertilized OVUM that did not complete MEIOSIS. Parthenogenesis occurs in nature and can be artificially induced.
In other languages
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Finnish
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neitseellinen lisääntyminen
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partenogeneettinen lisääntyminen
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parthenogenesis
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Swedish
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Asexuell förökning
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Jungfrufödsel
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010312
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