gemmation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gemmation
From the French word gemmation, dating back to 1750–60. See gemmate, -ion
Example Sentences
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HUXLEY, Prof., on the transmission of polydactylism. -on unconscious selection. -on correlation in the mollusca. -on gemmation and fission. -development of star-fishes.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
Clark, H. J., on fission and gemmation, ii.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
Through gemmation, differentiation, segmentation, evolution, or whatever other technical expressions we may use for division, multiplication, budding, increase, etc., each cell became a hundred, a thousand, a million.
From The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
At this stage of development, the author frequently observed gemmation taking place at the thicker end, sometimes frequently repeated.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry
MULLER, J., tendency to variation. -atrophy of the optic nerve consequent on destruction of the eye. -on gemmation and fission. -identity of ovules and buds. -special affinities of the tissues.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
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