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Gemmation

noun
1.
Asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual.  Synonym: pullulation.





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... have a very peculiar method of gemmation. The lichen-thallus is composed of chains or groups of round chlorophyl-containing cells, called "gonidia," and masses of interwoven rows of elongated cells which constitute the hyphae. Under certain conditions single cells of the gonidia become surrounded ...
— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886 • Various


Words linked to "Gemmation" :   agamogenesis, asexual reproduction


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