parthenogenetic
adjective
biologyspecializeduk/ˌpɑː.θə.nəʊ.dʒəˈnet.ɪk/us/ˌpɑːr.θə.noʊ.dʒəˈnet̬.ɪk/(alsoparthenogenic)producedby orrelatingto atypeofreproduction(=productionofyounganimalsorplants)in whichlivingthingsdevelopfromeggsthat have not beenfertilized(=joinedwith amalesexualcell):
Human parthenogeneticembryossoondiebecausepartsoftheirgeneticcodeareunreadable.
Theserareanimalsare oftenassociatedwith parthenogenicreproduction.
- Researchers havedevelopedembryonicstemcellsfrom parthenogeneticeggs.
- Four of theembryosshowedsignsof parthenogeneticactivation.
- Suppression ofchromosomecondensationduring meioticmaturationinducesparthenogenicdevelopmentofmouseoocytes.
- Thenarrativebeginswith thebirthof amalebabyinto aspeciesof parthenogenic, semi-aquatic women.
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- genotype
- heterozygote
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- paternal
- rRNA
- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- sex chromosome
- transgenic