单词 | pseudoparthenogenesis |
释义 | > as lemmaspseudoparthenogenesis pseudoparthenogenesis n. Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)pɑːθᵻnə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/ , U.S. /ˌsudoʊˌpɑrθənoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/ Zoology a form of parthenogenesis in which females produce eggs that give rise to females of a different form (e.g. one lacking wings, as in aphids).ΚΠ 1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. 214 Pseudo-parthenogenesis. It is the process familiarly exemplified in the Aphides. Here, from the fertilized eggs laid by perfect females, there grow up imperfect females, in the pseud-ovaria of which there are developed pseud-ova. 1957 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 43 733 The numbers in the segregating classes point to normal meiosis and fertilization and not much pseudoparthenogenesis, if any. 1997 Parasite 4 263 Exceptional pseudoparthenogenesis forms..were also found in the thin blood smears. < as lemmas |
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