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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The development of a gametophyte directly from a sporophyte without the occurrence of meiosis or spore formation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the higher cryptogams, the production of the prothallus immediately from the sporangium without the ordinary intervention of spores, or from the leaf itself, without either sporangium or spore.
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Examples
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There are three different forms of this asexual reproduction—diplospory, apospory, and adventitious embryogenesis.
Day of the Dandelion Peter Pringle 2007
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This phenomenon of _apospory_ was first discovered in mosses, but is now also known in a number of ferns (see PTERIDOPHYTA).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Higher Education (University +) apospory is The development of a gametophyte directly from a sporophyte without the occurrence of meiosis or spore formation and apogamy is Why do leaves turn colors in the fall but not grass?
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