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parasexual

Adjective

Meaning

(biology) Exhibiting parasexuality.

Both parasocial and sexual; being or relating to a one-sided sexual relationship.
Coordinate term: parasocial

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

In no sense other than an utterly trivial one is reproduction the inverse of chemical disintegration. It is a misunderstanding of genetics to suppose that reproduction is only 'intended' to make facsimiles, for parasexual processes of genetical exchange are to be found in the simplest living things. Peter Medawar

Candida albicans (class Saccharomycetes) is an example of a fungus that has a parasexual cycle (see Candida albicans and Parasexual cycle ). Source: Internet

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