parthenogenesis

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for parthenogenesis

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parthenogenesis : කෞමාරෝද්භවය

parthenogenesis : පාතෙනෝද්භවය

parthenogenesis : සපපාතික උත්පත්තිය

parthenogenesis definition

Noun.

  1. 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 germinatioNoun. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generatioNoun. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.
  2. The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.