asexual reproduction

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Noun

asexual reproduction (uncountable)

  1. (biology) Any form of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes.
    • 2011 July 19, Ella Davies, “Stick insects survive one million years without sex”, in BBC‎[1]:
      They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.
  2. (biology) Any form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes.

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