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reproduction

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Examples of asexual reproduction reproduction, capacity of all living systems to give rise to new systems similar to themselves. The term reproduction may refer to this power of self-duplicati...

zygote

(Encyclopedia)zygote: see reproduction.

alternation of generations

(Encyclopedia)alternation of generations: see gametophyte; reproduction. ...

gamete

(Encyclopedia)gamete gămˈēt [key]: see reproduction. ...

corm

(Encyclopedia)corm, short, thickened underground stem, usually covered with papery leaves. A corm grows vertically, producing buds at the upper nodes and roots from the lower surface. Corms serve as organs of food ...

Hofmeister, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Hofmeister, Wilhelm vĭlˈhĕlm hōfˈmīˌstər [key], 1824–77, German botanist. Although self-taught, he made such valuable studies of the reproduction and development of plants that he was appoin...

Bartolozzi, Francesco

(Encyclopedia)Bartolozzi, Francesco fränchĕsˈkō bärtōlôtˈsē [key], 1727–1815, Italian engraver. In Florence he studied drawing and painting and formed a lifelong friendship with Cipriani, most of whose p...

photostat

(Encyclopedia)photostat fōˈtəstătˌ [key], reproduction of any printed or simple black-and-white material, such as drawings or manuscripts, made by the Photostat, a photographic camera. While slower and more ex...

Pringsheim, Nathanael

(Encyclopedia)Pringsheim, Nathanael nätänˈäĕl prĭngsˈhīm [key], 1823–94, German botanist, one of the founders of the scientific study of algae. He made important discoveries in the morphology and physiolo...

Cole, Timothy

(Encyclopedia)Cole, Timothy, 1852–1931, American wood engraver, b. London. He came to the United States as a child. Cole learned his trade in Chicago and later moved to New York, where in 1873 he began his 40-yea...