˜yÐÄvlog

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gemmation

[ je-mey-shuhn ]

noun

Biology.
  1. reproduction by gemmae.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gemmation1

From the French word gemmation, dating back to 1750–60. See gemmate, -ion
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Cryptogamous plants with a distinct axis or stem, growing from the apex, and commonly not with later increase in diameter, usually furnished with distinct leaves; reproduction by antheridia and archegonia, sometimes also by gemmation.

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At this stage of development, the author frequently observed gemmation taking place at the thicker end, sometimes frequently repeated.

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He learns that whole tribes of creatures multiply by gemmation—by a development from the body of the parent of buds which, after unfolding into the parental form, separate and lead independent lives.

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Clark, H. J., on fission and gemmation, ii.

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Through gemmation, differentiation, segmentation, evolution, or whatever other technical expressions we may use for division, multiplication, budding, increase, etc., each cell became a hundred, a thousand, a million.

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