parasexual

parasexual
para·sex·u·al .par-ə-'seksh-(ə-)wəl, -'sek-shəl adj relating to or being reproduction that results in recombination of genes from different individuals but does not involve meiosis and formation of a zygote by fertilization as in sexual reproduction <the \parasexual cycle in some fungi>
para·sex·u·al·i·ty -.sek-shə-'wal-ət-ē n, pl -ties

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para·sex·u·al (par″ə-sekґshoo-əl) accomplished by other than sexual means, as by genetic study of in vitro somatic cell hybrids rather than by pedigree studies.

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  • parasexual — adj. [Gr. para, beside; LL. sexualis, sexual] Refers to all non meiotic reproductive processes …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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