Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Producing dissimilar gametes, such as those of human males, who produce two types of spermatozoa, one bearing the X-chromosome and the other bearing the Y-chromosome.
- adjective Of or relating to heterogametes.
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- adjective biology That produces
heterogametes - adjective biology That produces different forms of the same
gamete e.g. spermatozoa containing either anX- or aY-chromosome .
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Examples
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Morgan's first papers dealt with the demonstration of sex linkage of the gene for white eyes in the fly, the male fly being heterogametic.
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A theory1 of sexes might propose a causal explanation for the actual historic phenomenon of the origin and maintenance of sexual reproduction in animals, addressing such issues as the heterogametic basis of sex determination.
Sandwalk Larry Moran 2010
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A theory1 of sexes might propose a causal explanation for the actual historic phenomenon of the origin and maintenance of sexual reproduction in animals, addressing such issues as the heterogametic basis of sex determination.
Sandwalk Larry Moran 2010
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