Definition of Heterothallic

1. Adjective. (botany of some algae and fungi) Producing male and female reproductive structures in different plants. ¹

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Definition of Heterothallic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Heterothallic

1. Situation in some fungi and algae in which there are two mating types and the individual thallus is self sterile even if hermaphrodite. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterothallic

heterostylous
heterostyly
heterosubstituted
heterosuggestion
heterosyllabic
heterotactic
heterotactous
heterotaxia
heterotaxic
heterotaxis
heterotaxy
heterotelic
heterotetramer
heterotetrameric
heterotetramers
heterothallic (current term)
heterothallism
heterothallisms
heterotherm
heterothermic
heterotolerance
heterotonia
heterotopia
heterotopia maculae
heterotopias
heterotopic
heterotopic graft

Literary usage of Heterothallic

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"In heterothallic species, strains have been found which from their failure to ... In all species of both homo- and heterothallic groups in which the process ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"In the germination of the zygospores of the heterothallic species Mucor Mucedo, the segregation of sex is completed at some time before the formation of ..."

3. Annales Mycologici (1906)
"The difference between a heterothallic and a homothallic mycelium is, as seen by the ... In the formation of a heterothallic zygospore (Figure 8), ..."

4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"In a homothallic species, zygo- spores are formed from branches of the same mycelium and can be obtained from the sowing of a single spore. In heterothallic ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"If this interpretation prove correct, then the homothallic forms are bisexual or hermaphrodite and the heterothallic forms are dioecious, a conclusion ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"If this interpretation prove correct, then the homothallic forms are bisexual or hermaphrodite and the heterothallic forms are dioecious, a conclusion ..."

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