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Ploidy vs Heterogamety - What's the difference?

ploidy | heterogamety |

As nouns the difference between ploidy and heterogamety

is that ploidy is (genetics) the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell while heterogamety is (biology) the production of gametes of different ploidy by an individual of one sex of an organism.

ploidy

English

(wikipedia ploidy)

Noun

(ploidies)
  • (genetics) The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.
  • Anagrams

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    heterogamety

    English

    Noun

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