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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 versus sexual reproduction
Asexuality is relatively rare among multicellular organisms, for reasons that are not completely understood.
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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 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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asexual Lacking sexual reproduction; vegetative reproduction.
asexual (vegetative) reproduction The type of reproduction that takes place without the formation of gametes. Compare sexual reproduction.
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all the asexual offspring of an individual that are identical in regard to their gene content
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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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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In a strictly asexual lineage, recombination is not possible (in sexual lineages it, of course, is). Thus, any mutation that occurs in an asexual lineage can only be corrected in one of two manners.
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Since it assumes sexual reproduction, it leaves the term undefined for a large class of organisms that reproduce asexually.
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A group of genetically identical cells or individuals derived by asexual division from a common ancestor.
An individual formed by some asexual process so that it is genetically identical to its parent.
See also DNA clone.
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Cloning: The process of generating sufficient copies of a particular piece of DNA or asexually producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestor.
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Cloning: The process of asexually producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestor.
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conidium (plural: conidia). A type of asexual fungal spore.
control action guideline. A guideline used to determine if pest control action is needed.
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The Subkingdom of the Kingdom Animalia, in older classification systems, that includes all unicellular organisms that lack differentiated tissues and that primarily reproduce through asexual means, although conjugation does occur.
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