Definition of Oogamy. Meaning of Oogamy. Synonyms of Oogamy

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Definition of Oogamy

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Zoogamy
Zoogamy o*["o]g"a*my, n. (Biol.) The sexual reproduction of animals.

Meaning of Oogamy from wikipedia

- Oogamy is a form of anisogamy where the gametes differ in both size and form. In oogamy the large female gamete (also known as ovum) is immotile, while...
- sperm. The form of anisogamy that occurs in animals, including humans, is oogamy, where a large, non-motile egg (ovum) is fertilized by a small, motile sperm...
- size and other aspects (anisogamy). The size difference is greatest in oogamy, a type of anisogamy in which a small, motile gamete combines with a much...
- chytrids practice a version of oogamy: The male is motile and the female is stationary. This is the first occurrence of oogamy in kingdom Fungi. Briefly,...
- generally accepted that isogamy is the ancestral state from which anisogamy and oogamy evolved, although its evolution has left no fossil records. There are almost...
- Centric diatom (oogamy)...
- from isogamy (both genders produce flagellated gametes of equal size) to oogamy (one gender produces a much larger, nonmotile gamete). The classification...
- to be a multicellular heterotroph — with the novelties of a germline and oogamy, an extracellular matrix (ECM) and ba****t membrane, cell-cell and cell-ECM...
- female gamete is much larger than the male and has no ability to move. Oogamy is a form of anisogamy. There is an argument that this pattern was driven...
- (gametes are sperm and egg cells), with an evolutionary tendency towards oogamy. Their gametes are usually specialized cells differentiated from vegetative...