heterogamete Biol.
(ˌhɛtərəʊˈgæmiːt)
[f. hetero- + gamete.]
Either of a pair of conjugating gametes that differ in character or form.
| 1897 Ann. Bot. XI. 120 The stage of Aphanochaete is..the intermediate step between two motile heterogametes and the true sexuality realized in the higher types. 1949 B. B. Mundkur Fungi & Plant Dis. vi. 49 While the gametes are motile isogametes in Synchytrium endobioticum, they are non-motile heterogametes in Olpidiopsis. |