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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. asexual reproduction by budding;

2. theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blastogenesis \Blas`to*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. genesis.] (Biol.) Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blastogenesis n 1: asexual reproduction by budding 2: theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm