heterogametic /het·ero·ga·met·ic/ (-gah-met´ik) pertaining to production of gametes containing more than one kind of sex chromosome, as in human males (XY).
heterogametic
het·er·o·ga·met·ic (h t  -r -g-mt  k)adj. Producing dissimilar gametes, such as those of human males, who produce two types of spermatozoa, one bearing the X-chromosome and the other bearing the Y-chromosome. |
heterogametic
[-gamet′ik]
pertaining to the sex that produces gametes of different kinds, in terms of their sex chromosomes. In human beings the male, who possesses X-bearing and Y-bearing sperm, is the heterogametic sex.
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