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प्रश्न
Why is a whiptail lizard referred to as parthenogenetic?
उत्तर
Whiptail lizard is parthenogenetic because in this animal, an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual. This process of reproduction without fertilization is called parthenogenesis.
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