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sporulation

DEFINITIONS OF: sporulation

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n asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores

Synonyms:
monogenesis
Types:
heterospory
the development of both microspores and megaspores
homospory
the development of a single kind of asexual spores
Type of:
agamogenesis, asexual reproduction
reproduction without the fusion of gametes
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