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Journal Article 
Parthenogenesis—A Potential Tool to Reproductive Biotechnology 
Singh, B; Mal, G; Gautam, SK; Mukesh, M; , 
2019 
Springer International Publishing 
Cham 
Advances in Animal Biotechnology 
239-248 
ParthenogenesisParthenogenesis is a form of asexualAsexual reproductionReproduction in some organisms in which oocyte develops into an embryoEmbryo without fertilizationFertilization by sperm. ParthenogenesisParthenogenesis is a natural process of reproduction in a few lower invertebratesLower invertebrates while higherVertebrates vertebratesHigher vertebrates such as humansHumans, mice, and farm animalFarm animals species have relinquished reproductionReproduction by parthenogenesis. However, oocytesOocytes can be activated or induced to develop into blastocystsBlastocyst by means of parthenogeneticParthenogenetic activationActivation albeitAlbeit with remarkably low success rates. ParthenogeneticParthenogenetic embryos serve as sourcesSources ofHaploid embryonic stem cells haploidHaploid embryonicStem cell stem cellsEmbryonic stem cells (ESCs) may occasionally produce live offspringOffspring.