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Gamete vs Heterogametic - What's the difference?

gamete | heterogametic |

As a noun gamete

is a reproductive cell (male (sperm) or female (egg)) that has only half the usual number of chromosomes.

As an adjective heterogametic is

that produces heterogametes.

gamete

English

(wikipedia gamete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) A reproductive cell (male (sperm) or female (egg)) that has only half the usual number of chromosomes.

    • Synonyms

    * sex cell * See also

    Hyponyms

    * spermatozoon * sperm * ovum * egg

    Hypernyms

    * germ cell

    Derived terms

    * gametic * gametically * gametocyte * gametogenesis * gametophyte

    See also

    * oocyte * spermatid * meiosis * syngamy

    heterogametic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) That produces heterogametes
  • (biology) That produces different forms of the same gamete e.g. spermatozoa containing either an X- or a Y-chromosome.