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female homogamety

female homogamety

[¦fē‚māl ¦hō·mō·gə′mēd·ē]
(genetics)
The production by females of a single type of gamete with respect to sex chromosome complement, as in mammals and Drosophila.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
Female homogamety in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) determined by gynogenesis.
Allogyogenetic progeny are produced from a hybrid abalone cross of female haliotis diversicolor and male haliotis discus discus
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