asexual reproduction
asexual reproduction — 名詞
1. a way of making new living things from just one parent, where no egg and sperm n
無性生殖
僅靠單一親體、無需兩性細胞結合的繁殖
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.
透過無性生殖，一株草莓就能長滿 Pim 整座花園。
subject is one parent organism
The teacher explained how bacteria use asexual reproduction to split into two identical cells.
老師解釋細菌如何用無性生殖分裂成兩個一模一樣的細胞。
collocation: use asexual reproduction to [process]
In asexual reproduction, each baby starfish carries exactly the same genes as its parent.
在無性生殖中，每隻幼海星都帶著與親體完全相同的基因。
Omar grew dozens of new spider plants from one parent by relying on asexual reproduction.
Omar 靠無性生殖，從一株親體養出幾十株新的吊蘭。
Many simple sea animals depend on asexual reproduction when no partner is nearby.
許多簡單的海洋動物在附近沒有伴侶時，依賴無性生殖。
- 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
用法筆記
Uncountable; subject of the process is always a single organism, never a pair. Often contrasted directly with sexual reproduction in biology lessons.