REPRODUCTION

n. Re-pro-du3k's husn. Lat., reproductio (from re-, again, and producere, to bring forth). Ger., Foripflanzung. The proce by which a species of organized beings is perpetuated by the formation of new individuals. Cf. GENERATION. Asexual r. R. without sexual congre , [a, 48.] Endogenous r. The formation of new offspring within the body of the parent, especially the genesis of cells. [KJ Merism a tic r. See FISSION. Nutritive r. Ger., nahrhafte Fortpflanzung. A form of r. in which the exact character of preceding cells or organs is repeated. [K, 11.] Parthenogenetic r. See PARTHENOGENESIS. Sexual r. R. by the union of sexually distinct cells. [B, 77, 291 (a. 35).] [s. 390]