Vocabulary Term Details

Asexual reproduction

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexual_reproduction)

Asexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single parent, and inherit the genes of that parent only; it is reproduction which almost always does not involve meiosis, ploidy reduction, or fertilization. The offspring will be exact genetic copies of the parent, except in the specific case of automixis. (Wikipedia)

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Broader TermsNarrower TermsRelated Terms
Reproduction
Androgenesis
Apomixis
Parthenogenesis
Strobilation
Amitosis
Cloning

This term is used for the following terms: 
Vegetative reproduction (physiology)

Approved Date
14-Jun-2013

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