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Not parthenogenesis...

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Posted by: RMB at Sun Oct 28 23:04:18 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RMB ]  
   

...this is a very different process. Essentially an asexual form of reproduction found in parthenogenetic females, a kind of clonal reproduction without fertilization by males.
Sperm retention occurs in sexual species capable of storing sperm from previous matings (still sexual reproduction, though).

   

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