Gemmules are internal buds found in sponges and are involved in asexual reproduction. It is an asexually reproduced mass of cells, that is capable of developing into a new organism i.e., an adult sponge. ==Role in asexual reproduction== The asexual reproduction in sponges is by budding. The buds may be external or internal. The internal buds are c...
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[pangenesis] Gemmules were imagined particles of inheritance proposed by Charles Darwin as part of his Pangenesis theory. This appeared in his book The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, published in 1868, nine years after the publication of his famous book On the Origin of Species. Gemmules, also called plastitudes or pan...
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(from the article `sponge`) ...begins when aggregates of cells, mostly archaeocytes, which, when they become laden with reserve food granules, are called thesocytes, become ... ...other invertebrate groups are all dormant stages that preserve the species during times of environmental stress. All freshwater sponges and some ... [2 rel...
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(jem´ūl) a reproductive bud, the immediate product of gemmation. any of the little spinelike processes on the dendrites of a nerve cell.
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A little bud or bud-like structure.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: jem′yūl Definitions: 1. A small bud that projects from the parent cell, and finally becomes detached, forming a cell of a new generation. Synonyms: dendritic spines, under spine
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