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asexual reproduction

[ ey-sek-shoo-uhl ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn ]

noun

, Biology.
  1. reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.


asexual reproduction

/ ā-sĕksho̅o̅-əl /

  1. See under reproduction


asexual reproduction

  1. The kind of reproduction in which it is not necessary to have two parents to produce offspring. The reproduction of single-celled organisms through fission, and the production of spores in some plants and plantlike organisms, are examples of asexual reproduction.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of asexual reproduction1

First recorded in 18455–60
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Example Sentences

She and her colleagues found key differences in head growth during regeneration and budding, the form of asexual reproduction used by hydra and some other animals such as corals.

In the first place, we do not know whether parthenogenesis may not finally settle down into complete asexual reproduction.

Pearson (Grammar of Science, p. 373) points out that variation does occur in asexual reproduction.

Sexual reproduction by oogonia and antheridia; asexual reproduction by zoospores or conidia.

Mycelium well developed; sexual reproduction by zygospores; asexual reproduction by sporangia and conidia.

Among animals as among plants, asexual reproduction is very common.

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