adj
(biology) Not undergoing meiosis; relating to ameiosis
n
The process of binary fission in cells where a cell divides to form daughter cells.
adj
Relating to autosporogenesis
n
(biology) Reproduction via budding.
n
(cytology) The formation of cnidocytes.
adj
Relating to deuterotoky.
n
(biology) The fertilization of an egg by two sperm, or by a diploid sperm
n
(biology) The fertilization of a diploid ovum by a monoploid sperm, resulting in a triploid zygote.
n
(medicine) The double formation of something that is normally single, such as a body organ.
n
(biology) The diplotene stage of meiosis.
adj
Relating to ectosymbionts
n
(biology) Embryogenesis.
adj
Of or pertaining to endobacteria
n
(biology) An organism (generally a small or micro-organism) living inside rocks.
adj
Relating to endomixis.
adj
Relating to an endosymbiont
adj
(genetics) Of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct.
adj
Relating to gametocytogenesis
n
(cytology) The process by which gametes are produced.
adj
(genetics) Relating to gametologues
n
(biology) The production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules
adj
Having the ability to germinate
adj
Alternative form of gliotrophic [Relating to gliotrophy]
n
(botany) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization.
n
(biology) The production of gametes of different ploidy by an individual of one sex of an organism
adj
Of, or related to hypogamy.
n
(biology) The inward migration of cells from the blastula during gastrulation.
n
(biology) The fusion of two nuclei within a cell, especially as the second stage of syngamy.
n
Alternative spelling of kleptoplasty [(biology) A symbiotic phenomenon whereby plastids from algae are sequestered by host organisms.]
n
(usually uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
n
(biology) reproduction by segmentation
adj
Relating to neometaboly
adj
(biology) Describing a cell (especially a stem cell) that is capable of developing into any type of cell or forming any type of tissue (also called a totipotent cell).
n
(biology) The formation and development of an oocyte or ovum
adj
(biology) That produces oocytes
n
(biology) The part of oogenesis leading to the formation of ootids
n
(biology) the formation and development of the organs of an organism from embryonic cells
n
Alternative spelling of oogenesis [(biology) The formation and development of an oocyte or ovum]
adj
Alternative spelling of oogenetic [Of or pertaining to oogenesis.]
adj
Relating to stroma of plant origin
n
(biology) Any very small, usually unicellular, eucaryote
adj
Related to the picoeukaryotes
adj
Relating to picoprokaryotes
n
The generation of an organism from plasma.
n
(biology) A form of asexual reproduction, in protozoa, in which a multinucleate cell divides into similar daughter cells without mitosis.
n
(biology) The genesis of polyembryony
n
In the two-empire system of biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae (now superseded).
n
single-celled eukaryotes and prokaryotes
n
(biology) Creation of cavities by separating out existing cells.
adj
(biology) Using both sexual and asexual reproduction
n
(biology) The formation of septa
adj
Synonym of sesquizygotic
adj
Relating to sporogenesis.
n
Alternative form of strobilation [(biology) A form of asexual reproduction by division into body segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfish]
n
(very rare) The growth and development of stromata.
adj
(medicine, anatomy) Related to or arising during telogenesis, the final growth state of a hair or feather follicle.
n
(biology) Zygote formation.
adj
Relating to a zygote or to zygosis.
n
The quality or characteristics of a zygote
adj
Relating to zygotaxis.
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