Scientists say the birth is the second confirmed instance of a shark being conceived by parthenogenesis, a process in which an unfertilised egg develops into a new individual.
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Parthenogenesis
/ˌpɑːθɪnəʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/
Synonyms for "parthenogenesis" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Noun(2 words)
apomixisasexual reproduction
Strong matches (8)
Related words (13)
Noun(3 words)
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- Closest matches in this entry: abiogenesis, apomixis, archigenesis, asexual reproduction, biogenesis.
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3 entriesCollocations
6 entriesasexual reproductionfacultative parthenogenesisobligate parthenogenesisparthenogenesis in animalsparthenogenesis in plantsparthenogenetic reproduction
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7 total sentences available.
An all female race, the asari reproduce through a form of parthenogenesis. Each asari can attune her nervous system to that of another individual of any gender, and of any species, to reproduce. This capability has led to unseemly and inaccurate rumors about asari promiscuity.
Source: wiktionary
As an “all-female” humanoid species not bound to the traditional forms of mating, in that they reproduce through a form of telepathic parthenogenesis, the design of the Asari collapses boundaries of sex and sexuality. The Asari are a species rendered as Other, even in comparison to the various beings populating the gameworld.
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We may learn, to be sure, plenty of lessons from Shakespeare. We are not likely to have kingdoms to divide, crowns foretold us by weird sisters, a father’s death to avenge, or to kill our wives from jealously ; but Lear may teach us to draw the line more clearly between a wise generosity and a loose-handed weakness of giving ; Macbeth, how one sin involves another, and forever another, by a fatal parthenogenesis, and that the key which unlocks forbidden doors to our will or passion leaves a stain on the hand, that may not be so dark as blood, but that will not out ; Hamlet, that all the noblest gifts of person, temperament, and mind slip like sand through the grasp of an infirm purpose ; Othello, that the perpetual silt of some one weakness, the eddies of a suspicious temper depositing their one impalpable layer after another, may build up a shoal on which an heroic life and an otherwise magnanimous nature may bilge and go to pieces.
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "parthenogenesis"?
Closest matches include abiogenesis, apomixis, archigenesis, asexual reproduction, biogenesis.
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