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  2. Asexual reproduction - Wikipedia

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    Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes. The offspring that arise by asexual reproduction from either unicellular or multicellular organisms inherit the full set of genes of their single parent and thus the newly created individual is genetically and ...

  3. Regeneration (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Above the genetic level, regeneration is fundamentally regulated by asexual cellular processes. [9] Regeneration is different from reproduction. For example, hydra perform regeneration but reproduce by the method of budding. The regenerative process occurs in two multi-step phases: the preparation phase and the redevelopment phase.

  4. Developmental biology - Wikipedia

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    Regeneration indicates the ability to regrow a missing part. [8] This is very prevalent amongst plants, which show continuous growth, and also among colonial animals such as hydroids and ascidians. But most interest by developmental biologists has been shown in the regeneration of parts in free living animals.

  5. Fragmentation (reproduction) - Wikipedia

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    Fragmentation in multicellular or colonial organisms is a form of asexual reproduction or cloning, where an organism is split into fragments upon maturation and the split part becomes the new individual. The organism may develop specific organs or zones to shed or be easily broken off.

  6. Plant reproduction - Wikipedia

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    Asexual reproduction in plants occurs in two fundamental forms, vegetative reproduction and agamospermy. [1] Vegetative reproduction involves a vegetative piece of the original plant producing new individuals by budding, tillering , etc. and is distinguished from apomixis , which is a replacement of sexual reproduction, and in some cases ...

  7. Autospore - Wikipedia

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    Reproduction of Radiococcus and Tetracoccus by forming 4 autospores within a single cell Autospores are a type of spores that are produced by algae to enable asexual reproduction and spread. They are non-motile and non- flagellated aplanospores that are generated within a parent cell and have the same shape as the parent cell before their ...

  8. Budding - Wikipedia

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    For example, the small bulb-like projection coming out from the yeast cell is known as a bud. Since the reproduction is asexual, the newly created organism is a clone and, excepting mutations, is genetically identical to the parent organism. Organisms such as hydra use regenerative cells for reproduction in the process of budding.

  9. Sporogenesis - Wikipedia

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    Dormant spores are formed, for example by certain fungi and algae, primarily in response to unfavorable growing conditions. Most eukaryotic spores are haploid and form through cell division, though some types are diploids or dikaryons and form through cell fusion. This type of reproduction can also be called single pollination. [citation needed]