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parthenogenesis

N การสืบพันธุ์ ที่ ไข่ เพศ เมีย ไม่ได้ ผสมพันธุ์ กับ อสุจิ ของ เพศ ผู้  virgin birth kan-seb-pan-ti-kai-ped-mea-dai-pa-som-kab-ar-su0ji-ped-pu

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARTHENOGENESIS

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

parthenogenesis

par the no gen e sis |ˌpärTHənōˈjenəsis ˈˌpɑrθənoʊˈʤɛnəsəs | noun Biology reproduction from an ovum without fertilization, esp. as a normal process in some invertebrates and lower plants. DERIVATIVES par the no ge net ic |-jəˈnetik |adjective, par the no ge net i cal ly |-jəˈnetik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek parthenos virgin + genesis creation.

 

Oxford Dictionary

parthenogenesis

parthenogenesis |ˌpɑːθɪnə (ʊ )ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs | noun [ mass noun ] Biology reproduction from an ovum without fertilization, especially as a normal process in some invertebrates and lower plants. DERIVATIVES parthenogenetic |-dʒɪˈnɛtɪk |adjective, parthenogenetically |-dʒɪˈnɛtɪk (ə )li |adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek parthenos virgin + genesis creation .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

parthenogenesis

par the no gen e sis /pɑ̀ː r θənoʊdʒénəsɪs /名詞 U 生物 単為 [処女 ]生殖 .p r the no gen tic /-dʒənétɪk /形容詞