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n. - (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size).

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  • Gametes and fertilization are at least as old as animals, with many different types of external and internal fertilization and anisogamy is almost as old.
  • Some green algae produce gametes that differ from vegetative cells, and in some species, the male gamete differs in size or morphology from the female gamete anisogamy
  • From isogamy where both “egg” and “sperm” are one and the same, to anisogamy where the egg hecomes the larger and the sperm the smaller one to oogamy where the sperm is...
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