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heterogametic

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

adjective

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

heterogametic

/ ˌhɛtərəʊɡəˈmɛtɪk /

adjective

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of heterogametic1

First recorded in 1905–10; hetero- + gametic ( def )

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