gemmation
Reproducing by buds
Gemmation is reproduction by budding—a process where a new organism develops as an outgrowth from the parent body before eventually separating.
The term appears in biology describing how certain plants, fungi, and simple animals like hydras reproduce: Yeast cells multiply through gemmation.
The word shares its root with gem, from the Latin for bud.
Developing from an outgrowth
- saccharomycesBudding yeast genus
- cell divisionParent splitting into offspring
- daughter cellCell from division
- septumInternal anatomical partition
cytokinesis · fermentation · asymmetric · cell wall · nucleus · mitosis · brewing · baker's yeast
Developing from an outgrowth
- hydraFreshwater cnidarian polyp
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- polypFleshy membrane projection
- bryozoanColonial aquatic invertebrate
tunicate · sponge · cnidaria · asexual · daughter · colony · sessile · outgrowth
budding
Developing from an outgrowth
- saccharomycesBudding yeast genus
- cell divisionParent splitting into offspring
- daughter cellCell from division
septum · cytokinesis · fermentation · asymmetric · cell wall · nucleus · mitosis · brewing · baker's yeast
budding
Developing from an outgrowth
bryozoan · tunicate · sponge · cnidaria · asexual · daughter · colony · sessile · outgrowth · protrusion
asexual
Without erotic attraction
- vegetativeOf plant growth
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
grafting · layering · division · offshoot · plantlet · runner · stolon · slip · multiplication · nursery
bud
Unopened plant growth
apical · node · vegetative · auxin · dormancy · branching · lateral · terminal · scale · offset
gemmationsexual reproduction
Two-parent genetic combination
conjugation · fertilization · outcrossing · cross-fertilization