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What does gemmation mean?

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  1. (botany) arrangement of buds on the stalk
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In the higher Articulata, the process of gemmation goes on to a considerable extent in the egg, and even afterwards in some cases, but more or less irregularly.
However, in such a way of reproduction, gemmation of descendants causes involution of parental tissues as before.
This is the process of generation by budding or gemmation, of which we spoke on a previous page.
It has been assumed that they replicate themselves by gemmation, even if others assume night migrations of aged religiose women from the neighbouring areas.
In the next group the gemmation takes a spiral bias, producing the nautilus shape which misled the earlier naturalists.
The process of mould growth on indoor surfaces generally includes gemmation, growth, and sporulation.

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