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Asexual reproduction is the formation of new individuals from the cell(s) of a single parent.
It is very common in plants; less so in animals.
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Asexual reproduction in liverworts: a caducuous phylloid germinating
Asexual reproduction (also known as agamogenesis) is a form of reproduction which does not involve meiosis, gamete formation, or fertilization.
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Asexual reproduction in bacteria and plants allows scientists to obtain genetically identical populations; this does not occur naturally in vertebrates, except in twins.
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asexual reproduction -- A type of reproduction involving only one parent that usually produces genetically identical offspring.
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asexual reproduction by methods such as grafting, cuttings, and fragmentation
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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asexual reproduction in which the parent organism divides into two or more parts, each developing into genetically identical individuals.
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Asexual reproduction. Reproduction of the individual without the production of gametes and zygotes
Assimilation efficiency. The fraction of ingested food that is absorbed and used in metabolism ...
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Asexual reproduction. Nonsexual means of reproduction which can include grafting and budding.
Autosome. A chromosome that is not involved in sex determination.
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Asexual Reproduction
The advantage of asexual reproduction is that it can produce large numbers of offspring very rapidly and it does not require a mate.
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Asexual reproduction
: Any form of reproduction not depending on a sexual process. It involves a single individual.
Reproduction by cell division, fragmentation or budding.
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asexual reproduction A method of reproduction in which genetically identical offspring are produced from a single parent; occurs by many mechanisms, including fission, budding, and fragmentation.
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asexual reproduction
A type of reproduction involving only one parent that produces genetically identical offspring by budding or by the division of a single cell or the entire organism into two or more parts.
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fission Asexual reproduction in which the cell divides into two (binary fission) or more (multiple fission) daughter parts, each of which becomes an individual organism.
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A form of asexual reproduction related to parthenogensis is gynogenesis.
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(See RNA.) Asexual reproduction. Nonsexual means of reproduction which can include grafting and budding. Autosome. A chromosome that is not involved in sex de- termination. B beta-DNA.
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The production of buds; asexual reproduction by development of buds, which may or may not be set free, in plants and many primitive animals, resulting in clones.
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