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asexual reproduction (AsexualReproduction)

Asexual Processes of biological reproduction.

Ontology

SUMO / PROCESSES

Superclass(es)

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entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  process  
is subclass of
  internal change  
is subclass of
  biological process  
is subclass of
  physiologic process  
is subclass of
  organism process  
is subclass of
  replication  
is subclass of
  asexual reproduction  

Coordinate term(s)

sexual reproduction 

Related WordNet synsets

asexual reproduction, agamogenesis
reproduction without the fusion of gametes
asexual reproduction is kind of (all)...   asexual reproduction is kind of...   kinds of asexual reproduction...   kinds of asexual reproduction (all)...  
asexual, nonsexual
not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"
asexual is opposite to...   asexual is similar to...   asexual is an attribute of  
asexually
in an asexual manner; "plants that reproduce asexually"
asexually pertains to noun...  
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Axioms (2)

sexual reproduction is disjoint from asexual reproduction. 
(disjoint SexualReproduction AsexualReproduction)
If rep is an instance of asexual reproduction and organism is a result of rep, then there don't exist parent1,parent2 so that parent1 is a parent of organism and parent2 is a parent of organism and parent1 is not equal to parent2. 
(=>
      (and
            (instance ?REP AsexualReproduction)
            (result ?REP ?ORGANISM))
      (not
            (exists
                  (?PARENT1 ?PARENT2)
                  (and
                        (parent ?ORGANISM ?PARENT1)
                        (parent ?ORGANISM ?PARENT2)
                        (not
                              (equal ?PARENT1 ?PARENT2))))))