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The process of binary fission in cells where a cell divides to form daughter cells.
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asexual reproduction — n reproduction (as cell division, spore formation, fission, or budding) without union of individuals or gametes * * * reproduction without the fusion of gametes, as by fission or budding … Medical dictionary
Division (horticulture) — Division, in horticulture and gardening, is a method of asexual plant propagation, where the plant (usually an herbaceous perennial) is broken up into two or more parts. Both the root and crown of each part is kept intact. The technique is of… … Wikipedia
asexual — adjective Date: 1830 1. lacking sex or functional sex organs < asexual plants > 2. a. involving or reproducing by reproductive processes (as cell division, spore formation, fission, or budding) that do not involve the union of individuals or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Asexual — ► adjetivo 1 Que no tiene el sexo diferenciado. SINÓNIMO ambiguo 2 BIOLOGÍA Se refiere a la reproducción que se verifica sin intervención de células reproductoras o gametos. * * * asexual (de «a 1» y el lat. «sexus», sexo) adj. Sin sexo. ⊚ Sin… … Enciclopedia Universal
asexual reproduction — noun reproduction without the fusion of gametes • Syn: ↑agamogenesis • Derivationally related forms: ↑agamogenetic (for: ↑agamogenesis) • Hypernyms: ↑reproduction … Useful english dictionary
asexual spore — noun : a spore produced by cell division or encystment and capable of developing without conjugation into a new individual (as the spores developed by a sporophyte) … Useful english dictionary
Reproducción asexual — La reproducción asexual, también llamada reproducción vegetativa, consiste en que de un organismo se desprende una sola célula o trozos del cuerpo de un individuo ya desarrollado, que por procesos mitóticos, son capaces de formar un individuo… … Wikipedia Español
protozoan — /proh teuh zoh euhn/, n., pl. protozoans, (esp. collectively) protozoa / zoh euh/, adj. Biol. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are… … Universalium
Chilodonella uncinata — Scientific classification Kingdom: Protista Phylum … Wikipedia
merozoite — noun a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle • Hypernyms: ↑sporozoan * * * ˈzōˌīt noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mer (III) + Greek … Useful english dictionary
