agamogenesis

a·gam·o·gen·e·sis

A0135100 (ā-găm′ə-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs, ăg′ə-mō-)n. Asexual reproduction, as by budding, cell division, or parthenogenesis.

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[Greek agamos, unmarried; see agamic + -genesis.]

agamogenesis

(ˌæɡəməʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) n (Biology) asexual reproduction, such as fission or parthenogenesis[C19: agamic + genesis] agamogenetic adj ˌagamogeˈnetically adv

ag•a•mo•gen•e•sis

(ˌæg ə moʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs, ˌeɪ gæm ə-)

n. asexual reproduction by buds, offshoots, cell division, etc. [1860–65] ag`a•mo•ge•net′ic (-dʒəˈnɛt ɪk) adj. ag`a•mo•ge•net′i•cal•ly, adv.

agamogenesis

asexual reproduction. — agamogenetic, adj.See also: Biology

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1.agamogenesis - reproduction without the fusion of gametesasexual reproductionapomixis - any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilizationblastogenesis - asexual reproduction by buddingbudding - reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parentfission - reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal partsfissiparity - reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfishmonogenesis, sporulation - asexual reproduction by the production and release of sporesparthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth - human conception without fertilization by a mangemmation, pullulation - asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individualreproduction - the process of generating offspring