asexual reproduction

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

/ ˌeɪˈsɛk ʃu əl ˌri prəˈdʌk ʃən /

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noun Biology.

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

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Origin of asexual reproduction

First recorded in 18455–60

Words nearby asexual reproduction

aseptic, aseptic meningitis, asexual, asexuality, asexualize, asexual reproduction, Aseyev, as far as, as far as I can see, as far as possible, as far as that goes

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How to use asexual reproduction in a sentence

She and her colleagues found key differences in head growth during regeneration and budding, the form of asexual reproduction used by hydra and some other animals such as corals.
Hydras can regrow their heads. Scientists want to know how they do it.|Kate Baggaley|December 8, 2021|Popular-Science
In the first place, we do not know whether parthenogenesis may not finally settle down into complete asexual reproduction.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
Pearson (Grammar of Science, p. 373) points out that variation does occur in asexual reproduction.
Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population|George B. Louis Arner
Sexual reproduction by oogonia and antheridia; asexual reproduction by zoospores or conidia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3|Various

Mycelium well developed; sexual reproduction by zygospores; asexual reproduction by sporangia and conidia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3|Various
Among animals as among plants, asexual reproduction is very common.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4)|J. Arthur Thomson

Scientific definitions for asexual reproduction

asexual reproduction

[ ā-sĕk′shōō-əl ]

See under reproduction.

Cultural definitions for asexual reproduction

asexual reproduction

[ (ay-sek-shooh-uhl) ]

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.