Heterogamy (from Ancient Greek ἕτερος heteros, `other, another` and γάμος gamos, `marriage`) has a number of biological definitions: The terms heterogametic and homogametic are related to heterogamy, but distinct. ...
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Plasmogamy between morphologically different gametes.
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• (n.) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy. • (n.) That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate; -- in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate.Heterogamy...
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(from the article `reproductive system, plant`) ...cytoplasm (amoeboid motion). In their union, gametes may be morphologically indistinguishable (i.e., isogamous) or they may be distinguishable ... ...in form (isogamy), as in the black mold (Rhizopus), or there may be more than one morphological type (heterogamy), as with many green alg...
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<plant biology> The condition in a flowering plant species of having two or more types of flowers. For example: flowers which have only male parts along with flowers which have only female parts. ... Compare: homogamy. ... The condition in a flowering plant species where both the male and female parts of the flower mature at the same time, so...
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(het″әr-og´ә-me) the conjugation of gametes differing in size and structure to form the zygote from which the new organism develops; this occurs in higher life forms.
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Het`er·og'a·my noun [ See
Heterogamous .]
1. (Botany) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to
orthogamy .
2. (Biol.) That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: het′ĕr-og′ă-mē Definitions: 1. Conjugation of unlike gametes. 2. Bearing different types of flowers. 3. Reproduction by indirect methods of pollination.
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heterogamy, heterogamous, heterogamic, heterogamosis 1. Marriage between persons distinctly unsuitable for each other or who are grossly incomptible. 2. In botany, mediate or indirect fertilization of plants.
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heterogamous, heterogamy The succession of differently organized generations of animals or plants where sexual generation alternates with parthenogenesis.
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