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What does unfertilized mean?

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Because hybrid males are almost completely sterile, almost all eggs are unfertilized.
Next, they took an unfertilized egg from a second sheep and removed its DNA, carefully sucking it out with a thin glass tube called a pipette.
In parthenogenesis, an unfertilized egg can start dividing and still produce a normal offspring.
This process is known as parthenogenesis, where unfertilized eggs develop into embryos without sperm.
During copulation, the female transfers unfertilized eggs to the male's ventral surface, where fertilization takes place.
In most ants, females are typically produced by sexual reproduction, while males develop from unfertilized eggs.

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