Asexual reproduction

reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.
historical examples

the as-xual reproduction in the blood of the vertebrate host has been described but the cycle in the tick is practically unknown.
handbook of medical entomology william albert riley

as-xual reproduction is by budding or by a kind of simple division or fission.
elementary zoology, second edition vernon l. kellogg

pearson (grammar of science, p. 373) points out that variation does occur in as-xual reproduction.
consanguineous marriages in the american population george b. louis arner

gemmiparous: applied to that form of as-xual reproduction where new individuals arise as buds from the germ body of the parent.
explanation of terms used in entomology john. b. smith

why cannot multiplication be carried on in all cases, as it is in many cases, by as-xual reproduction?
herbert spencer j. arthur thomson

among animals as among plants, as-xual reproduction is very common.
the outline of science, vol. 1 (of 4) j. arthur thomson

s-xual reproduction by oogonia and antheridia; as-xual reproduction by zoospores or conidia.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 11, slice 3 various

mycelium well developed; s-xual reproduction by zygospores; as-xual reproduction by sporangia and conidia.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 11, slice 3 various

as-xual reproduction n.
reproduction occurring without the s-xual union of male and female gametes.
as-xual reproduction
(ā-sěk’sh-əl)
see under reproduction.
as-xual reproduction [(ay-sek-shooh-uhl)]

the kind of reproduction in which it is not necessary to have two parents to produce offspring. the reproduction of single-celled organisms through fission, and the production of spores in some plants and plantlike organisms, are examples of as-xual reproduction.