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reproduction
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| reproduction | any of various processes, either sexual or asexual, by which an animal or plant produces one or more individuals similar to itself |
| asexual reproduction | reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes. |
| sexual reproduction | reproduction involving the union of gametes. |
| mitosis | occurs in somatic cells. The resultant number of cells in mitosis is twice the number of original cells. The number of chromosomes in the daughter cells is the same as that of the parent cell. |
| meiosis | occurs in gametes. The resultant number of cells is four times the number of original cells. This results in cells with half the number of chromosomes present in the parent cell. |
| sperm | a male reproductive cell |
| egg | any female gamete; ovum |
| gamete | a haploid germ cell, such as a spermatozoon or ovum, that fuses with another germ cell during fertilization |
| budding | a new organism grows on another one |
| division | in horticulture and gardening, is a method of asexual plant propagation, where the plant (usually an herbaceous perennial) is broken up into two or more parts. Both the root and crown of each part is kept intact. |
| zygote | the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon |
| cutting | also known as striking or cloning, is a technique for vegetatively (asexually) propagating plants in which a piece of the source plant containing at least one stem cell is placed in a suitable medium such as moist soil, potting mix, coir or rock wool. |