Meanings (ES + gloss)
gémula
Synonym of gemma (“an asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which a new individual can develop”)
Sponges are propagated by gemmules, which originate in the organic mucus, and are carried out of the body by the effluent currents just described. In some sponges these gemmules ar…
The increase in size of the gemmule takes place by means of cell growth and division, and by the fusion of neighboring small gemmules.
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