- 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. - The production of seed without fertilization,
believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo
extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.
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