reproduction

reproduction
1. Sexual reproduction: the regular alteRNAtion of meiosis and fertilization which provides for the production of offspring. The main biological significance of sexual reproduction lies in the phenomenon of recombination.
2. Asexual or agamic reproduction: the development of a new individual from a single cell or group of cells in the absence of meiosis.

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  • REPRODUCTION — Tout être vivant tend à se conserver en tant qu’individu et à se perpétuer en tant qu’espèce; ces deux tendances reposent l’une et l’autre sur une faculté fondamentale de la matière vivante, la faculté de se reproduire. La reproduction a pu être… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • reproduction — reproduction, duplicate, copy, carbon copy, facsimile, replica, transcript are comparable when they mean one thing which closely or essentially resembles something that has already been made, produced, or written. Reproduction may imply identity… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • reproduction — re‧pro‧duc‧tion [ˌriːprəˈdʌkʆn] noun [uncountable] the work of copying documents, books etc or preparing them for printing: • Bulk reproduction is performed by high speed photocopiers. * * * Ⅰ. reproduction UK US /ˌriːprəˈdʌkʃən/ noun ► [C]… …   Financial and business terms

  • Reproduction — Reproduction …   Википедия

  • Reproduction — Re pro*duc tion ( d?k sh?n), n. [Cf. F. reproduction.] 1. The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.), the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring. [1913 Webster] Note: There are two… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reproduction — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of reproducing. 2) a copy of a work of art, especially a print made of a painting. 3) (before another noun ) made to imitate the style of an earlier period or particular craftsman: reproduction furniture.… …   English terms dictionary

  • Reproduction — Reproduction, in der Physiologie der im lebenden Organismus beständig vor sich gehende Stoffwechsel, wobei die durch das Leben verbrauchten und ausgeschiedenen Stoffe vermittelst Athmung, Verdauung u. Assimilation stets durch neue ersetzt werden …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • reproduction — index boom (increase), copy, counterpart (parallel), duplicate, facsimile, fake, maternity …   Law dictionary

  • reproduction — 1650s, “act of forming again;” see RE (Cf. re ) + PRODUCTION (Cf. production). Of generation of living things, from 1782; of sounds, from 1908. Meaning “a copy” is from 1807 …   Etymology dictionary

  • reproduction — [n] something duplicated; duplication breeding, carbon*, carbon copy, chip off old block*, clone, copy, ditto*, dupe*, facsimile, fake, flimsy, generation, imitation, increase, look alike, mimeo*, mimeograph, mirror image*, multiplication,… …   New thesaurus

  • reproduction — [rē΄prə duk′shən] n. 1. a reproducing or being reproduced 2. something made by reproducing; copy, close imitation, duplication, etc. 3. the process, sexual or asexual, by which animals and plants produce new individuals SYN. COPY …   English World dictionary

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