asexual reproduction

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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asexual reproduction

n.

Reproduction occurring without the sexual union of male and female gametes.

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asexual reproduction,

any type of reproduction that occurs without the union of male and female gametes, such as fission, budding, sporulation, or parthenogenesis. Also called asexual generation, direct generation, nonsexual generation. Compare sexual reproduction.

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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.