Virgin birth is called
(a) sexual reproduction
(b) asexual reproduction
(c) parthenogenesis
(d) abiogenesis

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(c) parthenogenesis

Virgin birth is called parthenogenesis because it does not involve the process of fertilisation.

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Virgin birth is called (a) sexual reproduction (b) asexual reproduction (c) parthenogenesis (d) abiogenesis

(c) parthenogenesis Virgin birth is called parthenogenesis because it does not involve the process of fertilisation.

Virgin birth is called
(a) sexual reproduction
(b) asexual reproduction
(c) parthenogenesis
(d) abiogenesis

(c) parthenogenesis

Virgin birth is called parthenogenesis because it does not involve the process of fertilisation.