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Meaning of "parasexuality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARASEXUALITY

parasexuality  [pærəˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARASEXUALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parasexuality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARASEXUALITY 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 parasexuality in the English dictionary

The definition of parasexuality in the dictionary is parasexual behaviour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARASEXUALITY


ambisexuality
ˌæmbɪˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ
antisexuality
ˌæntɪˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ
ephemerality
ɪˌfemərˈælətɪ
ethereality
ɪˌθɪərɪˈælətɪ
factuality
ˌfæktʃʊˈælətɪ
hypersexuality
ˌhaɪpəˌsɛksjʊˈælətɪ
intersexuality
ˌɪntəˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ
notionality
ˌnəʊʃənˈælətɪ
nuptiality
ˌnʌpʃɪˈælətɪ
officiality
əˌfɪʃɪˈælətɪ
optionality
ˌɒpʃəˈnælətɪ
osmolality
ˌɒzməʊˈlælətɪ
pansexuality
pænˌsekʃʊˈælətɪ
psychosexuality
ˌsaɪkəʊˌsɛksjʊˈælətɪ
seasonality
ˌsiːzənælətɪ
subspeciality
ˌsʌbspɛʃɪˈælətɪ
superficiality
ˌsuːpəfɪʃɪˈælətɪ
supersexuality
ˌsuːpərˌsekʃʊˈælətɪ
triaxiality
traɪˌæksɪˈælətɪ
unisexuality
ˌjuːnɪˌsɛkʃʊˈælətɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARASEXUALITY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARASEXUALITY

ability
air quality
augmented reality
confidentiality
equality
functionality
homosexuality
hospitality
in reality
inequality
locality
mortality
municipality
nationality
originality
personality
quality
reality
sexuality
speciality
spirituality

Synonyms and antonyms of parasexuality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parasexuality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARASEXUALITY

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Translator English - Chinese

parasexuality
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parasexualidad
570 millions of speakers

English

parasexuality
510 millions of speakers

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parasexuality
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خطل جنسي
280 millions of speakers

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parasexuality
278 millions of speakers

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parasexuality
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parasexuality
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parasexualité
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Parasexuality
190 millions of speakers

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Parasexualität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

parasexuality
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parasexuality
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Parasexuality
85 millions of speakers
vi

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parasexuality
80 millions of speakers

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parasexuality
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परस्परिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parasexuality
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parasexuality
65 millions of speakers

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parasexuality
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

parasexuality
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parasexuality
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

parasexuality
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parasexuality
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parasexuality
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parasexuality
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parasexuality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARASEXUALITY»

The term «parasexuality» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.087 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARASEXUALITY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARASEXUALITY»

Discover the use of parasexuality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parasexuality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sexualities in History: A Reader
PARASEXUALITY. AND. GLAMOUR. The Victorian Barmaid as Cultural Prototype PETER BAILEY Sexuality, we are now told, plausibly enough, is everywhere.1 Yer recent scholarship, for all its advances, has done litrle to register or interprer ...
Kim M. Phillips, Barry Reay, 2002
2
A Textbook of Fungi
e.g. In Aspergillus- nidulans (n = 8) nuclei detected are with n = 1 7 (2n + 1 ), 1 5 ( 2n - 1 ), 16, 12, 11, 10, 9 and 8 so this leads to a strong support for haploidization. Parasexuality is a practical means for producing genetic variation, which is ...
Rajni Gupta, 2004
3
Parasexuality
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
4
Microbial Technology
Even with the help of the low concentration of p-flurophenylamine benlate stimulate haplodization, so that fungus undergoes parasexual cycle. Parasexuality is being described in sexual fungi, it is not found in Neurospora crassa or Podospora ...
Rajni Gupta, K. G. Mukerji, 2001
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An Introduction to Mycology
5. Products of meiosis readily recognized and 5. Recombinants cxc ur among vegetative isolated. tells. Recognized by use of suitable markers Although there are no examples of parasexuality in lower fungi, para- sexuality is still considered a ...
R. S. Mehrotra, K. R. Aneja, 1990
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Text Book Of Botany Diversity Of Microbes And Cryptogams
Applications of Parasexuality The phenomenon of parasexuality is applied in several industrial processes. Most of the fungi which are significant in industries belong to the imperfect group of fungi and they reproduce by parasexual cycle.
Singh
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FUNDAMENTALS OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
13.4.2 Parasexuality/Parasexual Cycle Several common mitosporic fungi, including Penicillium, Aspergillus, F usarium and T richoderma, appears to have abandoned sexual reproduction because their sexual stages are not seen in laboratory ...
N. G. RAVICHANDRA, 2013
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Trichoderma And Gliocladium: Basic Biology, Taxonomy and ...
11.3 Variation in the nuclear genome resulting from asexual genetic recombination 11.3.1 Classical parasexuality For many years, fungi have been known to undergo somatic hybridization. This work originally was developed and analyzed ...
Gary E. Harman, C. P. Kubicek, 2002
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Biology Of Conidial Fungi
species over the past 20 yr, and a list of their original references is given in Table I. This list includes only examples for which there is genetic evidence of parasexuality from laboratory studies modeled on the pioneering work with A. nidulans.
Garry T. Cole, 2012
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Fungal Biology
Nonsexual. variation: parasexuality. Many common mitosporic fungi, such as Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, and Trichoderma, seem largely to have abandoned sexual reproduction, because their sexual stages are not seen in laboratory ...
J. W. Deacon, 2013

REFERENCE
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