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A procumbent shoot that takes root, forming a new plant that eventually is freed from connection with the parent by decay of the runner. The runner serves as a vegetative propagule. See Frageria, modular organisms.
From: runner in A Dictionary of Genetics »
Subjects: Genetics and Genomics.
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