asexual reproduction ( -s k sh - l) See under reproduction. |
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| Noun | 1. | asexual reproduction - reproduction without the fusion of gametes 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 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 |
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