» This page deals almost entirely with animal species. For a similar process in plants see Apomixis. Parthenogenesis (from the Greek παρθένος parthenos, "virgin", + γένεσις genesis, "creation")'s an asexual form of reproduction found in females where growth and development of embryos occurs without fertilization by a male. In plants, parthenogenesis means development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell, and's a co… (More on Parthenogenetic)