heterogamy /het·er·og·a·my/ (het″er-og´ah-me)
heterogamy
1. reproduction resulting from the union of two dissimilar gametes, particularly in higher organisms.
2. alternation of generations in which the two types of sexual reproduction alternate, as bisexual and parthenogenetic.heterog´amous
het·er·og·a·my (h t  -r g -m )n. The state or condition in which conjugating gametes are dissimilar in structure and size as well as in function. |
heterogamy
[het′ərog′əmē]
Etymology: Gk, heteros + gamos, marriage
1 See anisogamy.
2 See heterogenesis, def 1. heterogamous, adj.
heterogamy
the conjugation of gametes differing in size and structure, to form the zygote from which the new organism develops.
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