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Meaning of "isogamous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ISOGAMOUS

aɪˈsəɡəməs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ISOGAMOUS

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

WHAT DOES ISOGAMOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of isogamous in the English dictionary

The definition of isogamous in the dictionary is of or relating to sexual fusion of gametes of similar size and form.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ISOGAMOUS

agamous · allogamous · anisogamous · autogamous · bigamous · chasmogamous · cryptogamic · cryptogamous · digamous · exogamous · hercogamous · heterogamous · homogamous · monogamous · nonmonogamous · oogamous · phaenogamous · polygamous · syngamous · zoogamous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ISOGAMOUS

isogamete · isogametic · isogamic · isogamy · isogenetic · isogenic · isogenous · isogeny · isogeotherm · isogeothermal · isogeothermic · isogloss · isoglossal · isoglossic · isoglottal · isoglottic · isogon · isogonal · isogonal line · isogone

WORDS THAT END LIKE ISOGAMOUS

anonymous · biramous · cleistogamous · dichogamous · didynamous · endogamous · famous · geitonogamous · hypergamous · infamous · monothalamous · phanerogamous · polythalamous · ramous · squamous · tetradynamous · trigamous · unfamous · uniramous · world-famous · xenogamous

Synonyms and antonyms of isogamous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «isogamous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ISOGAMOUS

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

isogamous
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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isogamous
570 millions of speakers
en

English

isogamous
510 millions of speakers
hi

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isogamous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متماثل الأعراس
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

изогамный
278 millions of speakers
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isogamous
270 millions of speakers
bn

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isogamous
260 millions of speakers
fr

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isogamous
220 millions of speakers
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Isogamous
190 millions of speakers
de

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isogamen
180 millions of speakers
ja

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isogamous
130 millions of speakers
ko

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isogamous
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Isogamous
85 millions of speakers
vi

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isogamous
80 millions of speakers
ta

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சமபுணரியுள்ள
75 millions of speakers
mr

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समलिंगी
75 millions of speakers
tr

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isogamous
70 millions of speakers
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isogamous
65 millions of speakers
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isogamous
50 millions of speakers
uk

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ізогамний
40 millions of speakers
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isogamous
30 millions of speakers
el

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isogamous
15 millions of speakers
af

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isogamous
14 millions of speakers
sv

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isogamous
10 millions of speakers
no

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isogamous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of isogamous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ISOGAMOUS»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISOGAMOUS»

Discover the use of isogamous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to isogamous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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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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A Functional Biology of Free-living Protozoa
(ii) Isogamous Reproduction Flagellated Protozoa capable of sexual reproduction may be isogamous or anisogamous. Examples of isogamous species are Chlamydomonas and Gonium. Coleman (1980) has described the sequence of ...
Johanna Laybourn-Parry, 1984
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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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The Diatoms: Biology & Morphology of the Genera
1958b. 1962a). Physiological anisogamy and isogamy Within the pennate diatoms. excluding Rhabdonema. sexual reproduction involves morphologically indistinguishable gametes (Fig. 64b). In this sense. therefore. they are isogamous .
Frank Eric Round, R. M. Crawford, D. G. Mann, 1990
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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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Seaweed Ecology and Physiology
1.35 Ectocarpus siliculosus isogamous ectocarpene (a) Sphacelaria rigidula anisogamous ectocarpene (a) Adenocystis utricularis isogamous ectocarpene (a) Cutleria multifida anisogamous multifidene (d) Dictyota dichotoma and D.
Christopher S. Lobban, 1994
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Identity, Gender, and Poverty: New Perspectives on Caste and ...
He also observes the existence of a transitory isogamous phase where repeated marriages, which result in an accumulation of women at the top, over time tend to break up into endogamous units on the basis of a mutual agreement, 'to boycott ...
Maya Unnithan-Kumar, 1997
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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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Cryptogams: Algae, Bryophyta and Pterldophyta
It is divided into three sub orders : (a) Chlamydomonadineae : Cells motile, unicellular or colonial; asexual reproduction by zoospores; sexual reproduction - isogamous to oogamous. It is divided into four families : Chlamydomonadaceae,  ...
D.K. Awasthi
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The Origins of Life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of ...
But differentiation of the gametes, and hence of males and females, is not a universal feature of sexual reproduction. Most singlecelled eukaryotes produce gametes of only one size—they are 'isogamous', in contrast to the anisogamous ...
John Maynard Smith, Eors Szathmary, 2000

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISOGAMOUS»

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What transgender algae reveal
Sexually reproducing organisms range from simple single-celled systems to complex multicellular ones. They are isogamous, meaning instead ... «The Hindu, Jul 14»
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Researchers Investigate Giant Sperm Paradox
... one egg) to the nearly isogamous D. bifurca (where just six sperm are produced per egg). They found that, contrary to theoretical predictions, ... «Science a Gogo, Jun 06»
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