Editing Heterogamy (section)

==Science==
===Reproductive biology===
In reproductive biology, heterogamy is the alternation of differently organized generations, applied to the alternation between [[parthenogenesis|parthenogenetic]] and a [[sexual reproduction|sexual]] generation.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Walter de Gruyter| isbn = 978-3-11-010661-9| last = Scott| first = Thomas| title = Concise encyclopedia biology| year = 1996| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope00scot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal| issn = 0165-5752 | volume = 52| issue = 3| pages = 219–225 | last = Poinar| first = George O Jr |author2=Trevor A Jackson |author3=Nigel L Bell |author4=Mohd B-asri Wahid| title = Elaeolenchus parthenonema n. g., n. sp. (Nematoda: Sphaerularioidea: Anandranematidae n. fam.) parasitic in the palm-pollinating weevil Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust, with a phylogenetic synopsis of the Sphaerularioidea Lubbock, 1861| journal = Systematic Parasitology|date=July 2002| pmid=12075153| doi=10.1023/A:1015741820235| s2cid = 6405965}}<!--| accessdate = 2011-12-20--></ref> This type of heterogamy occurs for example in some [[aphid]]s.

Alternately, ''heterogamy'' or ''heterogamous'' is often used as a synonym of [[heterogametic]], meaning the presence of two unlike chromosomes in a sex.<ref name=Lokki>{{Cite journal| volume = 79| issue = 3| pages = 513–525| last = Lokki| first = Juhani|author2=Esko Suomalainen |author3=Anssi Saura |author4=Pekka Lankinen | title = Genetic Polymorphism and Evolution in Parthenogenetic Animals. Ii. Diploid and Polyploid Solenobia Triquetrella (lepidoptera: Psychidae)| journal = Genetics| access-date = 2011-12-20| date = 1975-03-01| doi = 10.1093/genetics/79.3.513| pmid = 1126629| url =http://www.genetics.org/content/79/3/513.abstract| pmc = 1213290}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1098/rspb.2004.2769 | issn = 0962-8452| volume = 271 | issue = 1549 | pages = 1751–1755 | last = Hiroki| first = Masato|author2=Yohsuke Tagami | author3=Kazuki Miura |author4=Yoshiomi Kato | title = Multiple infection with Wolbachia inducing different reproductive manipulations in the butterfly Eurema hecabe.| journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences| date = 2004-08-22 | pmid=15306297 | pmc=1691781}}.</ref> For example, [[XY male]]s and [[ZW sex-determination system|ZW]] females are called the heterogamous sex.

===Cell biology===
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In [[cell biology]], heterogamy is a synonym of [[anisogamy]], the condition of having differently sized male and female [[gamete]]s produced by different sexes or mating types in a species.

===Botany===
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In [[botany]], a plant is heterogamous when it carries at least two different types of flowers in regard to their reproductive structures, for example male and female flowers or bisexual and female flowers. [[Stamen]]s and [[carpel]]s are not regularly present in each flower or floret.