PARASEXUAL


Meaning of PARASEXUAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpa-rə-ˈsek-sh(ə-)wəl, -shəl ]

adjective

Date: 1954

: 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 -ˌsek-shə-ˈwa-lə-tē noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.