Usually means: Reproduction by females without males.
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▸ noun:  (biology) A form of parthenogenesis in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs.

Similar:
thelygeny, arrhenotoky, deuterotoky, parthenogeny, arrenotoky, anthogenesis, parthenoform, parthenote, tychoparthenogenesis, parthenogenesis, more...

Opposite:
arrhenotoky, amphitoky, haplodiploidy

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Similar:
thelygeny, arrhenotoky, deuterotoky, parthenogeny, arrenotoky, anthogenesis, parthenoform, parthenote, tychoparthenogenesis, parthenogenesis, more...

Opposite:
arrhenotoky, amphitoky, haplodiploidy



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