parthenogenesis in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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parthenogenesis [Brit ˌpɑːθɪnə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs, Am ˌpɑrθənoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs] N

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Among vertebrates, the only examples of true parthenogenesis, in which all-female populations reproduce without the involvement of males, are squamate reptilian species.
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A mammal created by parthenogenesis would have double doses of maternally imprinted genes and lack paternally imprinted genes, leading to developmental abnormalities.
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Some female ants do not need to mate to produce offspring, reproducing through asexual parthenogenesis or cloning, and all of those offspring will be female.
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It is one of a small number of vertebrate species that are known to reproduce by parthenogenesis.
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This may take place through parthenogenesis, where fertile eggs are produced without mating, budding, or fragmentation.
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They grow rapidly into winged females that, as soon as they are adults, start to reproduce by parthenogenesis, producing live young.
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The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women, who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction).
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They reproduce in a clone-like fashion, by ameiotic parthenogenesis.
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There are five times as many adult females as there are adult males but parthenogenesis has not been observed in this species.
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Males are absent within the species, and females reproduce only by parthenogenesis.
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