| NOUN | process | asexual reproduction, agamogenesis | reproduction without the fusion of gametes |
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| Meaning | reproduction without the fusion of gametes. | |
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| Synonym | agamogenesis | |
| Narrower | apomixis | Any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization |
| blastogenesis | asexual reproduction by budding | |
| budding | reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent | |
| fission | reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts | |
| fissiparity | reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish | |
| monogenesis, sporulation | asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores | |
| parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth | human conception without fertilization by a man | |
| pullulation, gemmation | asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual | |
| Broader | reproduction | The process of generating offspring |