HETEROGAMY

Etymology

Noun

heterogamy (usually uncountable, plural heterogamies)

(biology) The state of conjugating gametes that are different in size, structure and function.

Synonym: anisogamy

Antonym: homogamy

(sociology) Marriage or similar union between people of different sexes, or social strata, such as races.

Synonym: Thesaurus:intermarriage

Antonyms: homogamy, Thesaurus:intermarriage

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Source: Wiktionary

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Het`er*og"a*my, n. Etym: [See Heterogamous.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate;

– in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate. Claus & Sedgwick.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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