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sexual reproduction

[ sek-shoo-uhl ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn ]

noun

Biology.
  1. reproduction involving the union of gametes.

sexual reproduction

noun

  1. reproduction involving the fusion of a male and female haploid gamete
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sexual reproduction

  1. See under reproduction

sexual reproduction

  1. The production of a new living thing by two parent organisms, with each parent contributing half the material in the DNA of the offspring. The young, genetically different from either parent, can rapidly adapt to their environment by means of natural selection . ( See chromosomes and meiosis .)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sexual reproduction1

First recorded in 1880–85
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