agamogenesis

a·gam·o·gen·e·sis  (-gm-jn-ss, g-m-)

n.

Asexual reproduction, as by budding, cell division, or parthenogenesis.

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[Greek agamos, unmarried; see agamic + -genesis.]

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agamogenesis [ˌægəməʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) asexual reproduction, such as fission or parthenogenesis

[agamic + genesis]

agamogenetic  [ˌægəməʊdʒəˈnɛtɪk] adj

agamogenetically  adv

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agamogenesis

asexual reproduction. — agamogenetic, adj.

See also: Biology

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Noun

1.

agamogenesis - reproduction without the fusion of gametes asexual reproduction apomixis - any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization 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 gemmation, pullulation - asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual reproduction - the process of generating offspring