gemmation

gemmation

 [jĕ-ma´shun]

development of a new organism from a protuberance on the cell body of the parent, a form of asexual reproduction; called also budding.

gem·ma·tion

(jem-ā'shŭn),

A form of fission in which the parent cell does not divide, but puts out a small budlike process (daughter cell) with its proportionate amount of chromatin; the daughter cell then separates to begin independent existence.

Synonym(s): bud fission, budding

[L. gemma, a bud]

gemmation

(jĕ-mā′shən)

n.

Production of or reproduction by gemmae.

gem·ma·tion

(jem-ā'shŭn)

A form of fission in which the parent cell does not divide but puts out a small budlike process (daughter cell) with its proportionate amount of chromatin; the daughter cell then separates to begin independent existence.
Synonym(s): budding.

[L. gemma, a bud]

gemmation

1. the process of forming a GEMMA or gemmae.
2. any budding (as in Hydra), where a new organism is produced as an outgrowth of the parent.