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asexual reproduction

American

[ey-sek-shoo-uhl ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn] / ˌeɪˈsɛk ʃu əl ˌri prəˈdʌk ʃən /

noun

Biology.

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

asexual reproduction Scientific

/ ā-sĕk′sho̅o̅-əl /

asexual reproduction Cultural

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.

First recorded in 18455–60

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