blastogenesis

• Término científico que designa la reproducción asexual por gemación o brotación, así como la teoría según la cual los caracteres hereditarios se transmiten a través del plasma germinal.

A scientific term referring to asexual reproduction by budding, or the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm.

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1. Asexual reproduction by buddingC2formalscientific

   A form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud on the parent organism.

   Gemación

   • Blastogenesis is observed in some simple animals like hydra.
   • The process of blastogenesis allows for rapid population growth.
   • Scientists studied blastogenesis in marine invertebrates.

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2. Germ plasm theoryC2formalscientific

   The theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted solely through the germ plasm (reproductive cells), not through somatic cells.

   Teoría del plasma germinativo

   • Weismann's theory of blastogenesis challenged earlier ideas of inheritance.
   • Blastogenesis posits that only germ cells carry hereditary information.
   • The concept of blastogenesis was central to early genetics.