But in parthenogenesis, the body finds a unique way of filling in for the genes usually provided by sperm. Ovaries produce eggs through a complex process called meiosis, where the cells replicate ...

Parthenogenesis is well documented in insects ... uses a polar body — a byproduct of germ cells that undergo meiosis to produce eggs. Polar bodies contain chromosomes, but they're normally ...

parthenogenesis will have to be introduced; and the problem of endosperm formation will have to be considered. Ideally, apomixis should be inducible in crops such that meiosis could be switched on ...