Crossword-Solution: PARTHENOGENESIS
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| Parthenogenesis | n. | 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. |
| Parthenogenesis | n. | The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “PARTHENOGENESIS”
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| process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual | 1 answer |
| reproduction by a virgin or by means of an unfertilized egg | 1 answer |
| virgin birth | 4 answers |
| Asexual reproduction | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
body.
Hint 2 anagram
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A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with PARTHENOGENESIS (5)
There is of course the further theory, entertained by some, that virgin-parturition--a kind of Parthenogenesis--has as a matter of fact occasionally occurred among mortal women, and even still does occur.
The facts of Artificial Parthenogenesis, as the chemical fertilisation of the egg is called, have, perhaps, some bearing on the problem of evolution.
For this, if for no other reason, a brief consideration of the means of artificial parthenogenesis may be of interest to the student of evolution.
The question may be raised whether the larvae produced by artificial parthenogenesis can reach the mature stage.
Dallas (who has translated Von Siebold on Parthenogenesis, and many German works, and who writes very good English) to translate the book.
Quotes with PARTHENOGENESIS (3)
Parthenogenesis means never having your mother tell you to stop doing that or you'll go blind.
Aging and the prospect of dying by no means enhance the attractiveness of fictitious comforts to come in paradise, or the veracity of malicious myths about hellfire and damnation. Fear and feeblemindedness cannot be credibly pressed into service to support fantastic claims about the cosmos and our ultimate destiny. Whether one would even consider turning to religion in advanced years has much to do with upbringing, which makes all the more important standing up to the presump…
... Everything that’s not asexual has two sexes, male and female. Most of the time it takes one of each to reproduce. Then there’s the whiptail lizard. This is a lizard that lives way the fuck out there in the middle of the desert, and sometimes it’s hard to find another lizard to mate with out there. Therefore, what the female whiptail can do is sort of make her eggs start dividing on their own. She makes daughters, clones of herself. It’s called parthenogenesis.