Meaning | reproduction without the fusion of gametes. |
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Synonym | asexual reproduction |
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Narrower | apomixis | Any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization |
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blastogenesis | asexual reproduction by budding |
budding | reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent |
fission | reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts |
fissiparity | reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish |
monogenesis, sporulation | asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores |
parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth | human conception without fertilization by a man |
pullulation, gemmation | asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual |
Broader | reproduction | The process of generating offspring |
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Spanish | agamogenesis, agamogénesis, reproducción asexuada, reproducción asexual |
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Catalan | agamogenesis |
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Adjectives | agamogenetic | (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction |
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