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Definition of Heterogamy

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

Definition of Heterogamy

1. Noun. (biology) The state of conjugating gametes that are different in size, structure and function ¹

2. Noun. (sociology) Marriage or similar union between people of different sexes, or social strata, such as races(,). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heterogamy

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Medical Definition of Heterogamy

1. The condition in a flowering plant species of having two or more types of flowers. For example: flowers which have only male parts along with flowers which have only female parts. Compare: homogamy. The condition in a flowering plant species where both the male and female parts of the flower mature at the same time, so that the individual flower can pollinate itself. (Some species have come up with other obstacles to prevent that possibility, however.) (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Heterogamy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Text-book of Zoology by K[arl] Claus, F. G. Heathcote, Carl F. Claus (1884)
"discovered process known as heterogamy. It is characterised by the succession of ... heterogamy, which was first discovered in certain small Nematodes ..."

2. Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual by Maxwell Tylden Masters (1869)
"heterogamy. THIS term is here intended to apply to all those cases in which the arrangement of the sexual organs is different from what it is habitually. ..."

3. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"heterogamy. The cases of alternations of generations amongst Insects all fall under the heading already defined in the introduction as ..."

4. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"Therefore, it was not possible for us to demonstrate heterogamy in vitro in the ... If heterogamy were to take place in amebae, we would have to look for it ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The condition of having dissimilar gametes is heterogamy; the process of ... Although isogamy and heterogamy may be regarded as the normal stages in the ..."

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