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asexual reproduction  

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  • [Henderson's] reproduction which does not involve formation and fusion of gametes and results in progeny with an identical genetic constitution to the parent and to each other. Reproduction may occur by binary fission, budding, asexual spore formation or vegetative propagation. In asexual division in eukaryotic organisms, all cell divisions are by mitosis.

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21056

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