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heterogametic

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het⋅er⋅o⋅ga⋅met⋅ic

  [het-uh-roh-guh-met-ik]
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–adjective Genetics.
(of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
Compare homogametic.

Origin:
1905–10; hetero- + gametic
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het·er·o·ga·met·ic   (hět'ə-rō-gə-mět'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. 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.

  2. Of or relating to heterogametes.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: het·ero·ga·met·ic
Pronunciation: -g&-'met-ik, -'mEt-
Function: adjective
: forming two kinds of gametes of whichone determines offspring of one sex and the other determines offspring of the opposite sex heterogametic> —het·ero·gam·e·ty /-'gam-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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heterogametic het·er·o·ga·met·ic (hět'ə-rō-gə-mět'ĭk)
adj.
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.

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