asexual reproduction

/eɪˌsɛkʃ(əw)əl ˌˈriprəˌdʌkʃən/

Definitions of asexual reproduction

1. noun

   reproduction without the fusion of gametes
   synonyms: agamogenesis

   types:

   apomixis

   any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization

   blastogenesis

   asexual reproduction by budding

   budding

   reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent

   fission

   reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts

   fissiparity

   reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish

   monogenesis, sporulation

   asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores

   parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth

   human conception without fertilization by a man

   gemmation, pullulation

   asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual

   apogamy

   (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization

   heterospory

   the development of both microspores and megaspores

   homospory

   the development of a single kind of asexual spores

   parthenocarpy

   (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds

   parthenogenesis, parthenogeny

   process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods

   schizogony

   asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans

   type of:

   reproduction

   the process of generating offspring