plasmotomy
English
editEtymology
editLikely from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ n (plásma, “something formed, a creation or formation”) + -otomy (“an incision”).
Noun
editplasmotomy (uncountable)
- (biology) A form of asexual reproduction, in protozoa, in which a multinucleate cell divides into similar daughter cells without mitosis.
- 2015 December 1, “Seeing the Whole Elephant: Imaging Flow Cytometry Reveals Extensive Morphological Diversity within Blastocystis Isolates”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- We did not find evidence to support alternative modes of reproduction such as plasmotomy and budding in Blastocystis as suggested by others since we did not observe multinucleation in irregularly-shaped viable cells.