of or relating to any form of reproduction in which the recombination of genes occurs by a process other than the fusion of gametes
parasexual in American English
(ˌpærəˈsɛkʃuəl)
adjective
designating or of any reproductive process in which recombination of genes from genetically distinct cells or individuals occurs without meiosis and fertilization, as during bacterial conjugation or by the fusion of nuclei within the multinucleate cells of some fungi