asexual reproduction

[ ey-sek-shoo-uhl ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn ]

noun

, Biology.

1. reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.

asexual reproduction

/ ā-sĕk′sho̅o̅-əl /

1. See under reproduction

asexual reproduction

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of asexual reproduction¹

First recorded in 18455–60

Example Sentences

In the first place, we do not know whether parthenogenesis may not finally settle down into complete asexual reproduction.

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Pearson (Grammar of Science, p. 373) points out that variation does occur in asexual reproduction.

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Sexual reproduction by oogonia and antheridia; asexual reproduction by zoospores or conidia.

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Mycelium well developed; sexual reproduction by zygospores; asexual reproduction by sporangia and conidia.

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Among animals as among plants, asexual reproduction is very common.

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