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Parasexuality was first discovered in

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Bacteria
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Virus
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Fungi
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The correct option is B Fungi
Parasexuality was first discovered by Pontencorvo and Roper (1952) in a fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Like a sexual cycle, parasexuality gives the species the opportunity to recombine the genome and produce new genotypes in their offspring. Unlike a sexual cycle, the process lacks coordination and is exclusively mitotic.Parasexuality help in recombination without meiosis and fertilization.

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