(biology) A form of asexual reproduction, favoured by parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii, in which two daughter cells are produced inside a mother cell, which is then consumed by the offspring prior to their separation.
(historical) In the obsolete theory of pangenesis propounded by the English scientist Charles Darwin (1809–1882): a hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity.
(biology) A form of asexual reproduction whereby a parasitic protozoan replicates its own nucleus inside its host's cell and then induces cell segmentation; schizogony.
(botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
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