heterogametic in English
adjective
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denoting the sex that has sex chromosomes that differ in morphology, resulting in two different kinds of gamete, e.g., (in mammals) the male and (in birds) the female.
However, the sex chromosomes of birds contain a complement of genes different from those on the mammalian sex chromosomes, and the heterogametic sex is the female.
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1. Heterogametic sex The sex with dissimilar sex chromosomes, one (in mammals the Y chromosome)being shorter than the other(the X chromosome).