#self-parthenogenesis
- Automictic parthenogenesis — A form of parthenogenesis (virgin reproduction) in which an egg cell develops without being fertilized by a sperm cell, but diploidy (the full chromosome count) is spontaneously restored through an internal meiotic or mitotic mechanism, such as the fusion of the egg with its own polar body or nuclear chromosome duplication. This endogenous structural process ensures the complete transmission of maternal genetic material, generating offspring that are genetically partial or total clones of the mother.