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Meaning of "heterothallic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HETEROTHALLIC

From hetero- + Greek thallos green shoot, young twig.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROTHALLIC

ˌhɛtərəʊˈθælɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROTHALLIC

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

WHAT DOES HETEROTHALLIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heterothallic

Heterothallic species have sexes that reside in different individuals. The term is applied particularly to distinguish heterothallic fungi, which require two compatible partners to produce sexual spores, from homothallic ones, which are capable of sexual reproduction from a single organism. In heterothallic fungi, two different individuals contribute nuclei to form a zygote. Examples of heterothallism are included for Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Penicillium marneffei and Neurospora crassa. The heterothallic life cycle of N. crassa is given in some detail, since similar life cycles are present in other heterothallic fungi.

Definition of heterothallic in the English dictionary

The definition of heterothallic in the dictionary is having male and female reproductive organs on different thalli. Other definition of heterothallic is having sexual reproduction that occurs only between two self-sterile mycelia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROTHALLIC

alec · bimetallic · cephalic · Daedalic · gallic · homothallic · intermetallic · italic · italics · malic · malik · metallic · naphthalic · nonmetallic · organometallic · phallic · prothallic · salic · terephthalic · thallic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROTHALLIC

heterostyly · heterotactic · heterotactous · heterotaxia · heterotaxic · heterotaxis · heterotaxy · heterothallism · heterothally · heterothermal · heterotic · heterotopia · heterotopic · heterotopous · heterotopy · heterotroph · heterotrophic · heterotrophy · heterotypic · heterotypical

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROTHALLIC

cerebellic · Cyrillic · glycollic · homophyllic · idyllic · intervallic · ithyphallic · medallic · mesophyllic · monometallic · multimetallic · orsellic · pyrogallic · scalpellic · semicrystallic · semimetallic · sibyllic · symmetallic · vanillic

Synonyms and antonyms of heterothallic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterothallic» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF HETEROTHALLIC

Find out the translation of heterothallic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of heterothallic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterothallic» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

异宗
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

heterotálico
570 millions of speakers
en

English

heterothallic
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

heterothallic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

heterothallic
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

гетероталличный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

heterotálico
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

heterothallic
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

hétérothallique
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Heterothik
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

heterothallisch
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ヘテロタリック
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

heterothallic
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Heterothallic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heterothallic
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

heterothallic
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हेट्रोथॉलिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

heterothallic
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

heterothallic
65 millions of speakers
pl

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heterothallic
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

гетероталлічний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

heterothallic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

heterothallic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterothallic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterothallic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterothallic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterothallic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROTHALLIC»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROTHALLIC»

Discover the use of heterothallic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterothallic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Genetics
Some fungal species have an obvious mating-type system whereby mating occurs only between individuals of different mating types; such species are said to be heterothallic. In contrast, other species have no obvious mating type; single  ...
Eric C.R. Reeve, 2014
2
Molecular Biology: Genes to Proteins
(a) Homothallism Meiosis Mitosis Mitosis and mating type switching Ascus (b) Heterothallism Mitosis Mitosis Mating Mating Ascus FIGURE 7.20 Homothallic and heterothallic cells during mating. A strain that can switch mating types is called a ...
Burton E. Tropp, 2012
3
The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook: Introduction to Chlamydomonas ...
Equivalent strain Type Species usually described as isogamous Isolate from Ohio, not in SAG or UTEX collection Heterothallic SAG 2.72; UTEX 969 Homothallic SAG 11-36a; UTEX 2399 Homothallic SAG 6.73; UTEX 230 Homothallic ...
Elizabeth H. Harris, 2009
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A Textbook Of Botany - Vol 1, 11E
His results were quite close to his anticipation but they could not be repeated in case of all heterothallic species. If the factor compatibility is taken into account, heterothallism can be interpreted as phenomenon of sexual incompatibility.
P S Trivedi S N Pandey, P S Trivedi S N Pandey, Pandey, S N & Trivedi, P S, 2009
5
The Fungi
species among the M ucornmeac may be divided into two main categories, which may be designated as homothallic and heterothallic and which correspond respectively to monoecious and dioecious forms among the higher plants".
Dr. P.D. Sharma
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Reproductive Biology of Plants
As explained previously, PR-IP Inducer from the heterothallic strain is released from mt– cells in a nitrogen-depleted medium under light conditions. In homothallic cells, conjugation is also regulated by a pheromone, which is an ortholog of ...
Kishan Gopal Ramawat, Jean-Michel Mérillon, K. R. Shivanna, 2014
7
Sexual Reproduction and Signal Transduction in the Candida ...
... Heterothallic Candida ciferrii Stephanoascus ciferrii Heterothallic Candida edax Stephanoascus smithiae Heterothallic Candida famata Debaryomyces hansenii Homothallic Candida guilliermondii var. guilliermondii Pichia guilliermondii ...
Jennifer L. Reedy, 2008
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Algal Culturing Techniques
Homothallic Homothallic Heterothallic Homothallic Homothallic Heterothallic Heterothallic Homothallic Heterothallic and homothallic. Species Thallism Induction of sexuality References Alexandrium catenella (Whedon et Kofoid) Balech ...
Robert A. Andersen, 2005
9
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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Advances in Botanical Research
heterothallic Phytophthora spp. mutates so that it can colonize a new host plant, it will lack the presence of the opposite mating type in this host plant to form sexual spores (i.e. oospores). Hence, there may be strong selection for asexual ...
‎1997

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROTHALLIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterothallic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Veterinarian discovers new fungal species
The new fungal species is heterothallic, meaning it requires two compatible partners to produce sexual spores. It has a fully functioning ... «VIN News Service, Jul 13»
2
Black Truffles Reproduce Sexually
"We have proven that Tuber melanospoprum is heterothallic," said Paolocci. "It is conceivable that other truffle species are self-sterile too.". «Discovery News, Nov 10»
3
Secret sex life of truffles revealed
That work revealed that black truffles are heterothallic, meaning that individuals can only be a single sex. Subsequent work by Dr Paolocci and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 10»
4
New discovery: lethal fungus reproduces sexually
The researchers noted that reproduction was heterothallic; that is, sexual reproduction happened when isolates were of complementary mating ... «Cordis News, Dec 08»
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