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asexual reproduction
A type of reproduction in organisms that does not involve the union of male and female reproductive cells. Asexual reproduction occurs in several forms:
- fission – the simple division of a single individual, as in bacteria or protozoa;
- budding – growing out and eventual splitting off of a new individual, as in Hydra;
- spore formation – as in fungi;
- vegetative reproduction – in which a plant sends out runners that take root to forms new plants, as in strawberries, or new plants grow from organs such as bulbs.
Related entry
• cloning
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• MICROBIOLOGY
• ZOOLOGY
• BOTANY
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