alleryStart learning →Female aphids lay fertile eggs without mating. What is this process called?
AMigration
BMetamorphosis
CHibernation
DParthenogenesis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Parthenogenesis
Egg development without fertilisation by a male is parthenogenesis, as seen in aphids.
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