Underground stem where buds can grow from. Contains “food” for the new bud.
Tuber - Potato
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A very short stem with fleshy leaves that store food underground over the winter. New plants will grow from side buds or “bulblets”
Bulb - Garlic
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Occurs in simple animals like insects or some lizards. An unfertilized egg grows into a new individual and will contain the identical genetics of the female that laid the egg.
Parthenogenesis - aphids
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outgrowth of a part of a cell or body region, leading to a separation from the original organism into two individuals
Budding - Hydra
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Cells WITHOUT a nucleus will split in half
Binary fission - Bacteria
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Root-like stems that grow horizontally underground and new buds grow upwards off of them
Rhizome - Banana Tree
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An animal grows back a lost body part, but sometimes stem cells can grow back an entirely new organism
Regeneration - planaria
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Part of a plant that grows into an entirely new plant, like a leaf, stem or root (not a flower)