Reproduction without fusion of two types of cells, mostly found in ALGAE; FUNGI; and PLANTS. Asexual reproduction occurs in several ways, such as budding, fission, or splitting from parent cells. Only few groups of ANIMALS reproduce asexually or unisexually (PARTHENOGENESIS).
    

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Aspergillus fumigatus, wild-type, conidium

Aspergillus fumigatus, wild-type, conidiophores

Aspergillus fumigatus, conidia, close-up SEM

Aspergillus, 3 stages of conidiophore, SEM

Nature's enigma : the problem of the polyp in the letters of Bonnet, Trembley and Réaumur / Virginia P. Dawson.

Aspergillus wild-type, conidiophores, SEM

Mycoplasma hominis.

E.coli on nucleopore membrane

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Nature's enigma : the problem of the polyp in the letters of Bonnet, Trembley and Réaumur / Virginia P. Dawson.

Aspergillus wild-type, conidiophores, SEM

Mycoplasma hominis.

E.coli on nucleopore membrane

Mycoplasma hominis.