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单词 parthenote
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Definition of parthenote in English:

parthenote

noun ˈpɑːθənəʊtˈpärTHənōt
Biology
  • An organism produced from an unfertilized ovum, which is incapable of developing beyond the early embryonic stages.

    〔生〕无精生殖生物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But genetic tests indicated the Koreans very likely had true embryos, not parthenotes.
    • Primate parthenotes are, if anything, easier to grow into different tissue types than ES cells, says West.
    • The resulting cells, called parthenotes, are clones of their mother.
    • Unfortunately parthenotes don't side-step all objections to creating human embryos as a source of stem cells.
    • It's not clear that stem cells from human parthenotes would be useful in therapies.

Origin

1930s: from parthenogenesis and zygote.

Definition of parthenote in US English:

parthenote

nounˈpärTHənōt
Biology
  • An organism produced from an unfertilized ovum, which is incapable of developing beyond the early embryonic stages.

    〔生〕无精生殖生物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's not clear that stem cells from human parthenotes would be useful in therapies.
    • Unfortunately parthenotes don't side-step all objections to creating human embryos as a source of stem cells.
    • Primate parthenotes are, if anything, easier to grow into different tissue types than ES cells, says West.
    • The resulting cells, called parthenotes, are clones of their mother.
    • But genetic tests indicated the Koreans very likely had true embryos, not parthenotes.

Origin

1930s: from parthenogenesis and zygote.

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