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Keywords: Gamete, Meiosis, Reproduction, Fission, Spore

Related Terms: Anisogamy, Antheridium, Archegonium, Asexually, Autogamy, Gamete, Gametocyte, Gametophyte, Genital, Genitalia, Genitals, Germ Cell, Hermaphrodite, Hermaphroditic, Male, Reproduction, Sperm, Spermatium, Spore, Sporophyte, Trichogyne, Zygospore, Germ Cells, Zoospore, Homothallic, Hermaphroditism, Gametes, Asexual Reproduction, Apomixis, Homosporous, Isogamy, Alternation Of Generations, Sexual Reproduction, Pseudohermaphrodite, Intersex, Heterothallic, Spermatozoa, Oogonium, Sporangiospore, Teleomorph, Anamorph, Gametogenesis, Oospore, Spermatozoon, Oogamy, Gametangium, Heterothallism, Syngamy, Mating Type, Sexual

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Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

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Vegetative reproductions - e.r. cuttings and division.

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reproduction - Asexual means having no sex or sex organs, therefore asexual reproduction would be reproducing by means other than sex.

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not havning or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"

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Involving reproduction that occurs without the union of male and female gametes, as in binary fission or budding.

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mitotic reproduction, not involving fusion of nuclei and meiosis, offspring the same as the single parent (see sporangiospore, conidium).

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Vegetative reproductions - eg. cuttings and division.

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having no evident sex or sex organs

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Vegetative; without sex organs, sex cells, or sexual spores, as the anamorph of a fungus.

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a type of reproduction that does not require the union of female and male gametes

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can reproduce by itself without the opposite sex.

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not forming part of a cycle which involves fertilisation and meiosis.

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Aa-Sek-shoo-well) Reproduction without the sex. Typically associated with unicellular organisms like bacteria where reproduction is by way of division or budding. Not fun.| Menu

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Without a sex.

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Reproduction which doesn't involve gamete exchange with others.

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A form of reproduction neither preceded nor followed by meiosis.

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without sex. Usually applies to organisms that are able to reproduce without forming gametes (sex cells).

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reproduction that is not sexual; that is, reproduction that does not include recombining the genotypes of two parents

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Without sex; sexless; not involving gametes.

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reproducing without the sexual process by fragmentation, turions, tubers, and/or other vegetative structures.

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