reproduction (redirected from Reproduction (plant))

reproduction /re·pro·duc·tion/ (re?pro-duk´shun)

1. the production of offspring by organized bodies.

2. the creation of a similar object or situation; duplication; replication.reproduc´tive

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asexual reproduction  reproduction without the fusion of sexual cells.

cytogenic reproduction  production of a new individual from a single germ cell or zygote.

sexual reproduction  reproduction by the fusion of a female gamete and a male gamete(bisexual r.) or by development of an unfertilized egg (unisexual r.).

somatic reproduction  production of a new individual from a multicellular fragment by fission or budding.

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re·pro·duc·tion (rpr-dkshn)

n.

1. The act of reproducing or the condition or process of being reproduced.

2. Recall of a memory.

3. The sexual or asexual process by which organisms generate others of the same kind.

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reproduction

1. the process by which a living entity or organism produces a new individual of the same kind. It may be asexual or sexual.

2. the creation of a similar object or situation; duplication; replication.

In sexual reproduction the gonads, or sex glands—the ovaries in the female and the testes in the male—produce the germ cells that unite and grow into a new individual. Reproduction begins when the germ cells unite, the process called fertilization.

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asexual reproduction

reproduction without the fusion of germ cells; usually by budding or fission.

cytogenic reproduction

production of a new individual from a single germ cell or zygote.

sexual reproduction

reproduction by the fusion of a female germ cell with a male sexual cell or by the development of an unfertilized egg.

somatic reproduction

production of a new individual from a multicellular fragment by fission or budding.