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parthenogenesis

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parthenogenesis
noun /ˌpɑːθᵻnəʊˈʤɛnᵻsɪs,ˌpɑːθənəʊˈʤɛnɪsɪs,ˌpɑɻθənoʊˈʤɛnəsəs/
a) Reproduction by the development of a single gamete (viz. an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare , .

We may learn, to be sure, plenty of lessons from Shakespeare. We are not likely to have kingdoms to divide, crowns foretold us by weird sisters, a father’s death to avenge, or to kill our wives from jealously ; but Lear may teach us to draw the line more clearly between a wise generosity and a loose-handed weakness of giving ; Macbeth, how one sin involves another, and forever another, by a fatal parthenogenesis, and that the key which unlocks forbidden doors to our will or passion leaves a stain on the hand, that may not be so dark as blood, but that will not out ; Hamlet, that all the noblest gifts of person, temperament, and mind slip like sand through the grasp of an infirm purpose ; Othello, that the perpetual silt of some one weakness, the eddies of a suspicious temper depositing their one impalpable layer after another, may build up a shoal on which an heroic life and an otherwise magnanimous nature may bilge and go to pieces.


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  • Parthenogenesis — (from the Greek παρθένος parthenos , virgin , + γένεσις genesis , creation ) is an asexual form of reproduction found in females where growth and development of embryos or seeds occurs without fertilization by a male. The offspring produced by… …   Wikipedia

  • parthenogenesis — noun biol. партеногенез …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

  • parthenogenesis — par the*no*gen e*sis (p[aum]r th[ e]*n[ o]*j[e^]n [ e]*s[i^]s), n. [Gr. parqe nos a virgin + E. genesis.] 1. (Biol.) The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parthenogenesis — 1> биол. партеногенез, девственное размножение …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • parthenogenesis — parthenogenesis. См. девственное размножение. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Parthenogenesis — (griech., Jungfernzeugung), eine Art der Fortpflanzung, bei der sich das Ei ohne Befruchtung durch den Samen entwickelt. Bei der P. muß also wie bei der zweigeschlechtlichen Fortpflanzung ein weibliches Tier vorhanden sein, aber nur dieses allein …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Parthenogenesis — Development of a germ cell without fertilization. This is what happens in the formation of ovarian teratomas (dermoid cysts). All of the chromosomes in these benign tumors of the ovary come from the mother. The counterpart of the ovarian teratoma …   Medical dictionary

  • parthenogenesis — ˈpɑ:θɪnəuˈdʒenɪsɪs сущ.; биол. партеногенез (биология) партеногенез, девственное размножение parthenogenesis биол. партеногенез …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • parthenogenesis — [ˌpɑːθɪnəʊ dʒenɪsɪs] 1) Биология: девственное размножение, партеногенез 2) Ботаника: партеногенез (лат. parthenogenesis) 3) Сельское хозяйство: бесполое размножение (у организмов с половым способом воспроизведения) 4) Генетика: однополое… …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

  • parthenogenesis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek parthenos + Latin genesis genesis Date: 1849 reproduction by development of an unfertilized usually female gamete that occurs especially among lower plants and invertebrate animals • parthenogenetic also… …   New Collegiate Dictionary