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parasexual
par·a·sex·u·al [ pàrrə sékshoo əl ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
of reproduction in some fungi: describes a type of reproduction, seen in some fungi, in which the recombination of parental chromosomes takes place without the usual formation of sex cells by cell division meiosis

par·a·sex·u·al·i·ty [ pàrrə sekshoo állətee ] noun
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