heterogametic

[ het-uh-roh-guh-met-ik ]
/ ˌhɛt ə roʊ gəˈmɛt ɪk /

adjective Genetics.

(of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
Compare homogametic.

Origin of heterogametic

First recorded in 1905–10; hetero- + gametic

Words nearby heterogametic

heteroecious, heteroecism, heteroerotism, heteroflexible, heterogamete, heterogametic, heterogamous, heterogamy, heterogeneity, heterogeneous, heterogeneous nuclear rna

British Dictionary definitions for heterogametic

heterogametic
/ (ˌhɛtərəʊɡəˈmɛtɪk) /

adjective

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

Medical definitions for heterogametic

heterogametic
[ hĕt′ə-rō-gə-mĕt′ĭk ]

adj.

Producing dissimilar gametes, such as those of human males, who produce two types of spermatozoa, one bearing the X-chromosome and the other bearing the Y-chromosome.