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单词 sexual reproduction
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Definition of sexual reproduction in English:

sexual reproduction

noun
mass nounBiology
  • The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes). In most higher organisms, one sex (male) produces a small motile gamete which travels to fuse with a larger stationary gamete produced by the other (female).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Going back to the 19th century, scientists have proposed that sexual reproduction makes natural selection more effective because it increases genetic variation.
    • He ranged over many areas of animal and plant physiology, with special interests in the transport of nutrients and in sexual reproduction.
    • But then they argue that genetic engineering and sexual reproduction are essentially the same.
    • The two forms of reproduction, sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction or budding, make for great efficiency and flexibility and are characteristic of the life histories of many other reef organisms.
    • This is due to the fact that all organisms that rely on sexual reproduction have only two known options to redistribute the output of hunting-gathering activity: eusociality or market exchange.
    Synonyms
    the facts of life, reproduction
 
 

Definition of sexual reproduction in US English:

sexual reproduction

noun
Biology
  • The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes). In most higher organisms, one sex (male) produces a small motile gamete which travels to fuse with a larger stationary gamete produced by the other (female).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He ranged over many areas of animal and plant physiology, with special interests in the transport of nutrients and in sexual reproduction.
    • This is due to the fact that all organisms that rely on sexual reproduction have only two known options to redistribute the output of hunting-gathering activity: eusociality or market exchange.
    • But then they argue that genetic engineering and sexual reproduction are essentially the same.
    • The two forms of reproduction, sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction or budding, make for great efficiency and flexibility and are characteristic of the life histories of many other reef organisms.
    • Going back to the 19th century, scientists have proposed that sexual reproduction makes natural selection more effective because it increases genetic variation.
    Synonyms
    the facts of life, reproduction
 
 
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