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Gamete vs Zygosphere - What's the difference?

gamete | zygosphere |

As nouns the difference between gamete and zygosphere

is that gamete is gamete (reproductive cell) while zygosphere is (botany) a plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.

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

    zygosphere

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.

    • Related terms

    * zygapophysis * zygodactyl * zygogenesis * zygoid * zygomatic * zygomorphic * zygose * zygosis * zygosity * zygospore * zygotene * zygotic * zygotically * -zygous * heterozygosis