tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post1788967927586162318..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Summer in the Eastern CapitalMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-11724037850687933832008-06-28T22:30:00.000+09:002008-06-28T22:30:00.000+09:00As a public service, and perhaps to add a layer of...As a public service, and perhaps to add a layer of irony, I have copied a definition of parthenogenisis (which I had to look up).<BR/><BR/>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<BR/><BR/>For the religious belief, see Virgin birth of Jesus.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Parthenogenesis (from the Greek παρθένος parthenos, "virgin", + γένεσις genesis, "creation") is an asexual form of reproduction found in females where growth and development of embryos or seeds occurs without fertilization by males. The offspring produced by parthenogenesis almost always are female in species where the XY chromosome system determines gender.<BR/><BR/>Parthenogenesis occurs naturally in some species, including most lower plants, a Kalanchoe succulent plant genus of South Africa, invertebrates (e.g. water fleas, aphids, some bees, some scorpion species, and parasitic wasps), and vertebrates (e.g. some reptiles,[1] fish, and, very rarely, birds[2] and sharks[3]) and this type of reproduction has been induced artificially in other species.<BR/><BR/>The term is sometimes used inaccurately to describe reproduction modes in hermaphroditic species which can reproduce by themselves because they contain reproductive organs of both genders.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083523225961467347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-64427038364994349872008-06-28T12:37:00.000+09:002008-06-28T12:37:00.000+09:00http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kwaidan/kwai21.htm...http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kwaidan/kwai21.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com