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asexual reproduction
[ ey-sek-shoo-uhl ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn ]
noun
- reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.
asexual reproduction
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- See under reproduction
asexual reproduction
- 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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Origin of asexual reproduction1
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The pregnancy was thought to be the result of a type of asexual reproduction called parthenogenesis, in which offspring develop from unfertilized eggs, meaning there is no genetic contribution by a male.
Under laboratory conditions, Pristina grows very rapidly and creates copies of itself by asexual reproduction.
Many sponges can survive severe damage and undergo frequent fragmentation, which is considered a mechanism for asexual reproduction.
If we could find a way to propagate crop plants by asexual reproduction through seeds -- known as apomixis -- it would revolutionize agriculture.
This is a form of asexual reproduction where a female egg is fertilized without the sperm from a male.
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