Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by anisogamy, or conjugation between sharply differentiated male and female gametes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective being
married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own. - adjective having a
sexual partner whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape)
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Examples
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Reproduction can happen in two ways with Phaeophyceae, it is either isogamous (where the gametes look alike), or anisogamous (with a large female egg, and small male sperm) depending on the species.
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