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noun
Reproduction via budding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
The transformation of small lymphocytes into larger, undifferentiated cells that undergo mitosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: theory
noun
asexual reproduction by budding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: asexual reproduction, agamogenesis
History
From blasto- + -genesis.
Across languages
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