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- noun An
organism that reproduces byparthenogenesis .
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Examples
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There is also the other possibility, which has not been conclusively proved, that this variety is a parthenogen.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
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This was an unexpected result, since the parthenogen B. atticus should lack sequence fixation through sexuality.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Valerio Scali and Marco Passamonti Andrea Ricci 2008
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In this paper we analyzed the IGS-ETS of the automictic parthenogen Bacillus atticus and the bisexual B. grandii, two closely related stick-insect species.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Valerio Scali and Marco Passamonti Andrea Ricci 2008
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