blastogenesis

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The transformation of small lymphocytes into larger cells that are capable of undergoing mitosis.
• noun The development of an embryo during cleavage and germ layer formation.
• noun Reproduction of an organism by budding.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In biology, reproduction by gemmation or budding.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Biol.) Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.

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• noun biology reproduction via budding
• noun biology The transformation of small lymphocytes into larger, undifferentiated cells that undergo mitosis

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• noun theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm
• noun asexual reproduction by budding