Meaning | (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size). |
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Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
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Broader | sexual reproduction, amphimixis | reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete |
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Spanish | anisogamia, anisogamy |
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Catalan | anisogàmia, anisogamy |
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Adjectives | anisogamic, anisogamous | relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar / dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape) |
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