| In these mutants, the meiotic products remain in interphase in unfertilized eggs and undergo inappropriate DNA replication. |
| Occasionally, however, a mutation occurs that allows fruit to develop from unfertilized female flowers, a process known as parthenocarpy. |
| During copulation, the female transfers unfertilized eggs to the male's ventral surface, where fertilization takes place. |
| Because hybrid males are almost completely sterile, almost all eggs are unfertilized. |
| This process is known as parthenogenesis, where unfertilized eggs develop into embryos without sperm. |
| Some species consist only of females that produce their daughters from unfertilized eggs, a type of reproduction called parthenogenesis. |
