Gemmulation vs Gemmule - What's the difference?
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(biology) The production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules
:1978 Patricia R. Bergquist, "Sponges"
::The actual formation of gemmule''s by fresh-water sponges is so clearly an adaptation to seasonal climatic changes, that at first it was reasonable to believe that seasonal alternation itself induced the ' gemmulation .
(biology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges
:1978 Patricia R. Bergquist, "Sponges"
::The actual formation of gemmule's by fresh-water sponges is so clearly an adaptation to seasonal climatic changes, that at first it was reasonable to believe that seasonal alternation itself induced the ' gemmulation .
(obsolete) A hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity
Gemmule is a related term of gemmulation.
In biology terms the difference between gemmulation and gemmule
is that gemmulation is the production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules while gemmule is a small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges.gemmulation
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