asexual reproduction
asexual reproduction — noun
1. a way of making new living things from just one parent, where no egg and sperm n
a way of making new living things from just one parent, where no egg and sperm need to come together first.
Through asexual reproduction, a single strawberry plant can spread across Pim's whole garden.
subject is one parent organism
The teacher explained how bacteria use asexual reproduction to split into two identical cells.
collocation: use asexual reproduction to [process]
In asexual reproduction, each baby starfish carries exactly the same genes as its parent.
Omar grew dozens of new spider plants from one parent by relying on asexual reproduction.
Many simple sea animals depend on asexual reproduction when no partner is nearby.
- cloning
everyday term for copying an organism; asexual reproduction is the natural biological process
- vegetative reproduction
narrower — only the plant form, such as growth from runners or cuttings
- sexual reproduction
needs male and female cells to join
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Uncountable; subject of the process is always a single organism, never a pair. Often contrasted directly with sexual reproduction in biology lessons.