Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to parthenogenesis, or having its characters; exhibiting the phenomena of parthenogenesis.
- Born of a virgin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, parthenogenesis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology Of, pertaining to, or produced by,
parthenogenesis ; as, parthenogenetic forms.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
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Examples
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International Stem Cell Corporation has developed, for the first time under controlled conditions, human "parthenogenetic" stem cell lines (hpSC) that promise to minimize the rejection of transplanted cells by a patient's immune system.
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Lifeline Skin Care's exclusive patent pending skin rejuvenation serums contain extracts from ISCO's proprietary "parthenogenetic" stem cells created from unfertilized eggs.
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These "parthenogenetic" stem cells can be a source of therapeutic cells that will minimize immune rejection after transplantation into hundreds of millions of individuals of differing sexes, ages and racial groups.
unknown title 2009
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ISCO, the first company to perfect a method of creating human "parthenogenetic" stem cells from unfertilized eggs, recently created layered human tissue from its parthenogenetic stem cells and transplanted this tissue into animals in pre-clinical trials to establish a potential new treatment for human retinal diseases, such as macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa.
Press Releases 2009
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"parthenogenetic" stem cells, and are actively working to create products that may have significant use as research tools for drug testing or for treating corneal injury and disease.
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"parthenogenetic" stem cells, which are derived from unfertilized human eggs, is working with tissue engineers at
unknown title 2009
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Rick - Didn't we discuss here a while ago the possibility of Orcs being parthenogenetic?
Orc Farm Carla 2010
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The Guepe were parthenogenetic; they didn†™ t need to find a mate, they only needed to find hosts for their eggs.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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In the text books they call it parthenogenetic unisexual pseudocopulation, or uniparens (one parent).
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A hundred parthenogenetic female lizards can produce far more offspring than fifty males and fifty females.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
chained_bear commented on the word parthenogenetic
"He had heard of a race of lizards in the Caucasus that reproduced themselves parthenogenetically, with no sexual congress of any kind, no sexual complications: Lacerta saxicola was their name."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 160
February 20, 2008