- parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth - human conception without fertilization by a man
--1 is a kind of asexual reproduction, agamogenesis
--1 has particulars: androgenesis, androgeny; gynogenesis - parthenogenesis, parthenogeny - process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
--2 is a kind of apomixis