Agamogenesis, reproduction without sex, a process of multiplication by division, budding, &c., in which there is no union of sexual elements, but simply more or less discontinuous growth. It is exceedingly common among the lower animals and in plants, but is gradually replaced in the higher by the more specialised method of sexual reproduction. See PARTHENOGENESIS, REPRODUCTION, SEX.
Agamogenesis
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