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Gemmulation vs Gemmule - What's the difference?

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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

English

Noun

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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 .
  • References

    * Oxford Dictionaries

    gemmule

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia gemmule) (en noun)
  • (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
  • References

    * Oxford Dictionaries