gemmation

gemmation
A form of fission in which the parent cell does not divide, but puts out a small budlike process (daughter cell) with its proportionate amount of chromatin; the daughter cell then separates to begin independent existence. SYN: bud fission, budding. [L. gemma, a bud]

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gem·ma·tion je-'mā-shən n asexual reproduction (as in some protozoans) in which a new organism originates as a localized area of growth on or within the parent and subsequently differentiates into a new individual

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gem·ma·tion (jə-maґshən) [L. gemmare to bud] budding (def. 1).

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  • gemmation — [ ʒemasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1798; du lat. gemmare « bourgeonner » ♦ Bot. Développement des bourgeons. ● gemmation nom féminin (latin gemmatum, de gemmare, bourgeonner) Développement d un végétal par le moyen de gemmes ou bourgeons. (La gemmation est… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Gemmation — Gem*ma tion, n. [Cf. F. gemmation.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Biol.) The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See {Budding}. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gemmation — (v. lat.), s.u. Gemma 2) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Gemmation — Gemmation, lat. deutsch, Knospenbildung oder Knospenform …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • gemmation — /je may sheuhn/, n. Biol. reproduction by gemmae. [1750 60; < F gemmation. See GEMMATE, ION] * * * …   Universalium

  • gemmation — noun Date: circa 1839 reproduction by gemmae …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • GEMMATION — s. f. (On fait sentir les deux M, et l E conserve le son qui lui est propre.) Développement des bourgeons, dans les plantes ligneuses et vivaces ; ou L époque de ce développement …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • GEMMATION — n. f. Développement des bourgeons, dans les plantes ligneuses et vivaces, ou l’époque de ce développement …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • gemmation — n. [L. gemma, bud] 1. The act of reproducing by budding. 2. Marked with bright colored spots; gemmate adj …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • gemmation — noun asexual reproduction via gemmae Syn: budding …   Wiktionary

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