parthenogenesis
n. (உயி.) பாலினக் கூட்டற்ற இனப்பெருக்கம்.
Par`the*no*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Gr. parqe`nos a virgin + E. genesis.] 1. (Biol.) Defn: 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. 2. (Bot.) Defn: The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.