heterotypic

[ het-er-uh-tip-ik ]

/ ˌhɛt ər əˈtɪp ɪk /

of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.

Also het·er·o·typ·i·cal.

Compare homeotypic.

Origin of heterotypic

First recorded in 1885–90; hetero- + type + -ic

In 1887 W. Flemming termed this the heterotypic form of nuclear division.

Darwin and Modern Science |A.C. Seward and Others
The heterotypic maturation mitosis in Amphibia and its general significance.

Studies in Spermatogenesis |Nettie Maria Stevens

heterotypic

/ (ˌhɛtərəʊˈtɪpɪk) /

denoting or relating to the first nuclear division of meiosis, in which the chromosome number is halved Compare homeotypic

heterotypic

[ hĕt′ə-rō-tĭp′ĭk ]

Of a different or unusual type or form.