| unisexual | <biology> Describes an organism that is male or female, i.e., has the reproductive organs of only one sex. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| asexual reproduction | <biology, microbiology> Reproduction in which an organism produces one or more clones of itself, such as by fission or budding. (09 Oct 1997) |
| vegetative reproduction | <biology, microbiology> Reproduction in which an organism produces one or more clones of itself, such as by fission or budding. (09 Oct 1997) |
| reproduction | The production of offspring by organised bodies. Origin: L. Re = again, productio = production (18 Nov 1997) |
| reproduction, asexual | Reproduction without fusion of sex cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reproduction techniques | Methods pertaining to the generation of new individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gross reproduction rate | The average number of female children a woman would have if she survived to the end of her childbearing years and if, throughout that period, she were subject to a given set of age-specific fertility rates and a given sex ratio at birth; this rate provides a measure of the replacement fertility of a population in the absence of mortality. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytogenic reproduction | Reproduction by means of unicellular germ cells; includes both sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction by means of spores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sexual reproduction | The process where two cells (gametes) fuse to form one hybrid, fertilizedcell, results in a new genome that is different than that of either parent. (09 Oct 1997) |
| somatic reproduction | Asexual reproduction by fission or budding of somatic cells. (05 Mar 2000) |