Please explain parthenogenesis?
Parthenogenesis is most simply defined as reproduction without fertilization. More specifically, it occurs when a female gamete develops a new individual without being fertilized by a male gamete. It is often called a form of "asexual reproduction," but it is more accuratley defined as an incomplete form of sexual reproduction. This is because it involves the production, activation, and development of a female egg which is a specialized reproductive cell (Kaufman, 1983). Parthenogenesis is not to be confused with hermaphroditic species which can also reproduce by themselves. Hermaphroditic species reproduce by themselves because an organism can produce both the male and female gamete. Parthenogenesis soley involves the production and stimulation of a female egg.
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It is a reproduction from an ovum without fertilization, especially as a normal process in some invertebrates and lower plants.
