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Gamete vs Heterogamety - What's the difference?

gamete | heterogamety |

As nouns the difference between gamete and heterogamety

is that gamete is gamete (reproductive cell) while heterogamety is (biology) the production of gametes of different ploidy by an individual of one sex of an organism.

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

    heterogamety

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) The production of gametes of different ploidy by an individual of one sex of an organism

    • Related terms

    *heterogamete *heterogametic