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PRONUNCIATION OF ANISOGAMOUS

anisogamous  [ˌænaɪˈsɒɡəməs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANISOGAMOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anisogamous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANISOGAMOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anisogamy

Anisogamy refers to a form of sexual reproduction involving the union or fusion of two dissimilar gametes — anisogamous, anisogamic,. The smaller gamete is considered to be male, whereas the larger gamete is regarded as female. There are several types of anisogamy. Both gametes may be flagellated and thus motile. Alternatively, neither of the gametes may be flagellated. This situation occurs for example in some algae and plants. In the red alga Polysiphonia, large non-motile egg cells are fertilized by small, non-motile spermatia. In flowering plants, the gametes are non-motile cells within gametophytes. The form of heterogamy that occurs in animals is oogamy. In oogamy, a large, non-motile egg cell is fertilized by a small, motile sperm cell. The large egg cell is optimized for longevity, whereas the small sperm cell is optimized for motility and speed. The size and resources of the egg cell allow for the production of pheromones, which attract the swimming sperm cells.

Definition of anisogamous in the English dictionary

The definition of anisogamous in the dictionary is of or relating to anisogamy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANISOGAMOUS


allogamous
æˈlɒɡəməs
apogamous
əˈpɒɡəməs
autogamous
ɔ:ˈtɒɡəməs
bigamous
ˈbɪɡəməs
chasmogamous
kæzˈmɒɡəməs
cryptogamic
krɪpˈtɒɡəməs
cryptogamous
krɪpˈtɒɡəməs
exogamous
ɛkˈsɒɡəməs
geitonogamous
ˌɡaɪtəˈnɒɡəməs
hercogamous
hɜːˈkɒɡəməs
heterogamous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒɡəməs
homogamous
hɒˈmɒɡəməs
monogamous
məˈnɒɡəməs
nonmonogamous
ˌnɒnməˈnɒɡəməs
oogamous
əʊˈɒɡəməs
phaenogamous
fiːˈnɒɡəməs
phanerogamous
ˌfænəˈrɒɡəməs
polygamous
pəˈlɪɡəməs
xenogamous
zeˈnɒɡəməs
zoogamous
zəʊˈɒɡəməs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANISOGAMOUS

aniseikonia
aniseikonic
anisette
anisic
anisocercal
anisodactyl
anisodactylous
anisogamy
anisole
anisomeric
anisomerous
anisometric
anisometropia
anisometropic
anisomorphic
anisophyllous
anisophylly
anisotropic
anisotropically
anisotropy

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANISOGAMOUS

anonymous
biramous
cleistogamous
dichogamous
didynamous
digamous
endogamous
famous
hypergamous
infamous
isogamous
monothalamous
polythalamous
ramous
squamous
syngamous
tetradynamous
trigamous
unfamous
uniramous
world-famous

Synonyms and antonyms of anisogamous in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «anisogamous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANISOGAMOUS

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Translator English - Chinese

anisogamous
1,325 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
570 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

anisogamous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متفاوت الأعراس
280 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
278 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
270 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
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anisogamous
220 millions of speakers

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Anisogamous
190 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
180 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
130 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
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Anisogamous
85 millions of speakers
vi

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anisogamous
80 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिसोगैमस
75 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
70 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
65 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
50 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
40 millions of speakers

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anisogamous
30 millions of speakers
el

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anisogamous
15 millions of speakers
af

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anisogamous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

anisogamous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anisogamous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anisogamous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANISOGAMOUS»

The term «anisogamous» is barely ever used and occupies the 193.592 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANISOGAMOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anisogamous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANISOGAMOUS»

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The Evolution of Anisogamy: A Fundamental Phenomenon ...
closer to the isogamous vertex, making it more likely that the anisogamous vertices have a higher fitness value than the isogamous vertex. Biologically, this means that as the mortality rate increases relative to the growth rate, selection to  ...
Tatsuya Togashi, Paul Alan Cox, 2011
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Opportunities for Environmental Applications of Marine ...
Species Gametes Sexual induction Sexual cyst * Alexandrium catenella Heterothallic, isogamous Low N or P + * Alexandrium tamarense Heterothallic?; isogamous, Low N or P, increased + anisogamous temperature Amphidinium carterae ...
Commission on Life Sciences, Ocean Studies Board, Board on Biology, 2000
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Evolution and the Theory of Games
s argument, and assume the existence of two mating types, both in isogamous and anisogamous populations. Indeed, their data are worth reviewing before we start the theoretical analysis. In three species of CMamydomonas, C. reinhardti, ...
John Maynard Smith, 1982
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Textbook of Algae
9.85 Zygnema. A-E, Scalariform conjugation and zygospore formation in anisogamous species; F, G, Zygospore formation in conjugation tubes in Z. chungli and Z. pectinatum. (F, after Taft; G, after Czurda) are formed in the female gameiangia ...
O. P. Sharma, 1986
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Plant Reproductive Ecology : Patterns and Strategies: ...
For example, even at the level of the individual gamete, species of plants have different sexual strategies since some produce monomorphic (isogamous) gametes while other species produce dimorphic (anisogamous) gametes.
Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust Professor of Biology the University of Windsor, 1988
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Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds: Principles and ...
HA ^f HA' HB" ci N02 " Br (Llll) (LIV) (LV) (LVD Figure 6.23 Isogamous and anisogamous nuclei anisogamy of isochronous nuclei is expected must therefore correspond to A2B2 or, more precisely, AA'BB' type such as LIV. In this molecule TAR ...
D. Nasipuri, 1994
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Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera
1. m): these gametes. then. are physiologically anisogamous. In other taxa. all the gametes move and are therefore apparently truly isogamous (Figs 60g-l. 61n-r. 62a-d). All allogamous taxa are alike. however. in that vegetative cells function ...
F. E. Round, R. M. Crawford, D. G. Mann, 1990
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Current Trends in the Embryology of Angiosperms
Uniparental inheritance and preferential destruction of organelle nuclei containing mtDNA and ptDNA from one of the parents are also apparent in anisogamous eukaryotes (Kuroiwa et al, 199 la). We found that anisogamous algae, such as ...
Sant Saran Bhojwani, Woong-Young Soh, 2001
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Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification
The volvocacean genera exhibit a unique phenomenon called inversion or eversion just after the successive divisions during colony formation (see Smith, 1955). Sexual reproduction is either isogamous, anisogamous, or oogamous ...
John D. Wehr, Robert G. Sheath, J. Patrick Kociolek, 2002
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Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1648-1812
Sexual reproduction anisogamous or oogamous. Anisogamous genera with or without gametangia of distinctive form. Oogamous genera with the antheridium producing a number of anther- ozoids and the oogonium producing a single egg.
Marine Algae of the Monterey Peninsula, Second Edition, 1993

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANISOGAMOUS»

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What transgender algae reveal
As organisms get more complex, they evolved sexually dimorphic or anisogamous systems, meaning they produce distinct looking sex cells ... «The Hindu, Jul 14»
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Researchers Investigate Giant Sperm Paradox
... measure the strength of sexual selection in four Drosophila species of varying sperm length, ranging from the anisogamous D. melanogaster ... «Science a Gogo, Jun 06»

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