- reproduction involving the fusion of a male and female haploid gamete
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sex′ual reproduc′tion, [Biol.]
- Developmental Biologyreproduction involving the union of gametes.
- 1880–85
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sexual reproduction n
'sexual reproduction' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
amphimixis
- basidium
- breeding
- conjugation
- fertilization
- heterogamy
- male
- oogamy
- syngamy
- vegetal
- vegetative
- emergent evolution
- gamogenesis
- puberty
- zooid
- zygomycete
- sporont
- syngenesis