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apogamy
(botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization
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parthenocarpy
(botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds
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parthenogenesis, parthenogeny
process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
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androgenesis, androgeny
male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization
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gynogenesis
female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus
