heterogametic

[ het-uh-roh-guh-met-ik ]

adjectiveGenetics.

(of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.

Origin of heterogametic

First recorded in 1905–10; hetero- + gametic

Compare homogametic.

Words Nearby heterogametic

heterodyne
heteroecious
heteroecism
heteroflexible
heterogamete
heterogametic
heterogamous
heterogamy
heterogeneity
heterogeneous
heterogenesis

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British Dictionary definitions for heterogametic

heterogametic

/ (ˌhɛtərəʊɡəˈmɛtɪk) /

adjective

genetics 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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