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Meaning of "parasexual" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARASEXUAL

parasexual  [ˌpærəˈsɛkʃʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARASEXUAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parasexual is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PARASEXUAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Parasexual cycle

The parasexual cycle, a process peculiar to fungi and single-celled organisms, is a nonsexual mechanism for transferring genetic material without meiosis or the development of sexual structures. It was first described by Italian geneticist Guido Pontecorvo in 1956 during studies on Aspergillus nidulans. A parasexual cycle is initiated by the fusion of hyphae during which nuclei and other cytoplasmic components occupy the same cell. Fusion of the unlike nuclei in the cell of the heterokaryon results in formation of a diploid nucleus, which is believed to be unstable and can produce segregants by recombination involving mitotic crossing-over and haploidization. Mitotic crossing-over can lead to the exchange of genes on chromosomes; while haploidization probably involves mitotic nondisjunctions which randomly reassort the chromosomes and result in the production of aneuploid and haploid cells. Like a sexual cycle, parasexuality gives the species the opportunity to recombine the genome and produce new genotypes in their offspring. Unlike a sexual cycle, the process lacks coordination and is exclusively mitotic. The parasexual cycle resembles sexual reproduction.

Definition of parasexual in the English dictionary

The definition of parasexual in the dictionary is of or relating to any form of reproduction in which the recombination of genes occurs by a process other than the fusion of gametes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARASEXUAL


accentual
ækˈsɛntʃʊəl
actual
ˈæktʃʊəl
antihomosexual
ˌæntɪˌhəʊməʊˈsekʃʊəl
antisexual
ˌæntɪˈsekʃʊəl
artifactual
ˌɑːtɪˈfæktʃʊəl
counterfactual
ˌkauntəˈfæktʃʊəl
eventual
ɪˈvɛntʃʊəl
factual
ˈfæktʃʊəl
ineffectual
ˌɪnɪˈfɛktʃʊəl
instinctual
ɪnˈstɪŋktʃʊəl
intellectual
ˌɪntɪˈlɛktʃʊəl
mutual
ˈmjuːtʃʊəl
nonconsensual
ˌnɒnkənˈsenʃʊəl
noncontractual
ˌnɒnkənˈtræktʃʊəl
nonhomosexual
ˌnɒnˌhəʊməˈsekʃʊəl
pansexual
pænˈsɛkʃʊəl
sociosexual
ˌsəʊsɪəʊˈsekʃʊəl
unintellectual
ˌʌnɪntɪˈlɛktʃʊəl
unsexual
ʌnˈsɛkʃʊəl
virtual
ˈvɜːtʃʊəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARASEXUAL

parasang
parascender
parascending
parascenia
parascenium
parasceve
parascience
paraselenae
paraselene
paraselenic
parasexuality
Parashah
Parashoth
parasitaemia
parasite
parasite drag
parasite resistance
parasitic
parasitic male
parasitic oscillation

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARASEXUAL

ambisexual
ambosexual
asexual
bisexual
contrasexual
fauxmosexual
heterosexual
homosexual
hypersexual
intersexual
intrasexual
metrosexual
nonsexual
pomosexual
psychosexual
retrosexual
sexual
transexual
transsexual
ubersexual
unisexual

Synonyms and antonyms of parasexual in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parasexual» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARASEXUAL

Find out the translation of parasexual to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parasexual from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parasexual» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

parasexual
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parasexual
570 millions of speakers

English

parasexual
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

parasexual
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شبه جنسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

парасексуальный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parassexual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

parasexual
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parasexuel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parasexual
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

parasexuelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

擬似有性的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

parasexual
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parasexual
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

parasexual
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

parasexual
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परस्त्रीसारखा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paraseksüel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parasexual
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parasexual
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парасексуальний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parasexual
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραφυλετικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parasexual
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parasexual
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parasexual
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parasexual

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARASEXUAL»

The term «parasexual» is used very little and occupies the 172.641 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARASEXUAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parasexual

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARASEXUAL»

Discover the use of parasexual in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parasexual and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fungal Genetics: Principles and Practice
THE PARASEXUAL CYCLE In eukaryotes the occurrence of se\ or sexual reproduction includes recombination of genetic material during meiosis. Recombination is, however, not exclusively restricted to meiosis. In prokaryotes there are ...
Cees Bos, 1996
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Root Diseases and Soil-borne Pathogens
Prospects for genetic analysis in asexual fungi were first reviewed by Pontecorvo (1956) where he suggested that the parasexual cycle could open the way to genetic studies with asexual plant pathogenic fungi. Ten years after Pontecorvo's  ...
T. A. Toussoun, Robert V. Bega, Paul E. Nelson, 1970
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Penicillium and Acremonium
John F. Peberdy. 3. PAR ASEXUAL CYCLE AND PROTOPLAST FUSION Although P. chrysogenum lacks a sexual cycle, it has proven possible to carry out genetic mapping studies employing the alternate parasexual route (Pontecorvo et al., ...
John F. Peberdy, 1987
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21st Century Guidebook to Fungi with CD
Parasexual. cycle. We have described a number of separate events occurring in mitosis during vegetative fungal growth that might be arranged into a sequence. Mitotic segregants from the diploid prove to be haploid (produced by a process of  ...
David Moore, Geoffrey D. Robson, Anthony P. J. Trinci, 2011
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An Introduction to Mycology
The parasexual cycle may (as in Aspergillus nidulans) or may not (as in A. niger) be accompanied by a sexual cycle. The existence of both cycles in one species has made it possible to define the features of the parasexual cycle.
R. S. Mehrotra, K. R. Aneja, 1990
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Text Book Of Botany Diversity Of Microbes And Cryptogams
After the operation of parasexual cycle in the mycelium for sometime, the following types of nuclei may occur : (i) haploid nuclei in both the mycelia, i.e., the mycelia of the two different genetic constitution which form heterokaryOtic mycelium, ...
Singh
7
Fungi: Biology and Applications
Parasexual genetics involves examination of recombination in the absence of sexual reproduction, and has been helpful in mapping genes to chromosomes. The unique feature of heterokaryosis, or maintaining two genetically distinct nuclei ...
Kevin Kavanagh, 2011
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Applied Molecular Genetics of Filamentous Fungi
7.3.1 Sexual and parasexual recombination Hybridization through the sexual cycle may be applicable for some biocontrol fungi. For example, Talaromyce s flavus is a homothallic Ascomycete which produces a cleistothecial perfect stage and ...
J.R. Kinghorn, Geoffrey Turner, 1992
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METHODS IN MICROBIOLOGY
The parasexual cycle and its use in genetic analysis (a) Nature of the parasexual cycle. This is the name given by Pontecorvo and his colleagues (Pontecorvo et al ., 1953) to the sequence of events discovered in Aspergillus nidulans, and later ...
Douglas W. Ribbons, J. John Robert Norris, 1972
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Cryptogams: Cyanobacteria, Algae, Fungi, Lichens : Textbook ...
This is the so-called parasexual cycle, which has, at present, only been reported from the fungi. As its name suggests, this cycle comprises a process similar to a sexual cycle, which indeed involves the recombination of genetic material.
Karl Esser, 1982

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARASEXUAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parasexual is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeff and Annie regain the recaptured and contentious tenderness of their relationship but keep it mercifully free of parasexual tension. Jonathan ... «Vulture, Jan 14»
2
Julie Burchill on abandoning her son and taking drugs
“I feel a mild parasexual thrill when I am starting a new feud. Its not extremely kinky. It feels nice. I just like a little fight. “I'd rather be honest and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 13»
3
Fungal biology: Multiple mating strategies
... to form tetraploid progeny. During this 'parasexual cycle', the tetraploid progeny gradually shed chromosomes to regenerate the diploid state. «Nature.com, Jan 13»
4
EurekaMag.com Publishes New Reviews of Asexual, Crouzon …
The cytological analysis of these parasexual hybrids revealed that the chromosome number ranged from 34 to 54. Chloroplast DNA from the ... «PR Web, Jan 12»
5
Bacteria can have sexual intercourse
She called this kind of sex a “parasexual process,” through which a bacterium would not need a partner to acquire genetic materials. «The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, Oct 11»
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Julie Burchill: Rihanna is the real thing
But I do remember to this day the sharp, stabbing, exquisitely parasexual thrill of clearing the security barrier with a brace of buckshee feather ... «The Independent, Sep 11»
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How the British media get their kicks
But some of the broadsheet newspapers only really get excited – really excited, parasexual excited – about one thing: Israel behaving badly! «Jerusalem Post, Jun 10»
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RESTORING THE MALICE TO WONDERLAND: TREVOR BROWN …
So, it was probably only a matter of time before he got round to mining that rich vein of visual imagery and parasexual fascination represented ... «Culturekiosque, Apr 10»

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