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heterogametic
[ het-uh-roh-guh-met-ik ]
adjective
, Genetics.
- (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
heterogametic
/ ˌhɛtərəʊɡəˈmɛtɪk /
adjective
- See homogameticgenetics denoting the sex that possesses dissimilar sex chromosomes. In humans and many other mammals it is the male sex, possessing one X-chromosome and one Y-chromosome Compare homogametic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heterogametic1
First recorded in 1905–10; hetero- + gametic ( def )
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