GK QUESTION#3678
The phenomenon whereby the female gamete undergoes development to form new organisms without fertilisation in some organisms like honey bees, some lizards and birds is called:
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D. Parthenogenesis
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Development of an unfertilized egg into a new organism is parthenogenesis. It occurs in honey bees and some species of lizards and birds. Budding and fragmentation begin from different structures.