heterogamy

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het·er·og·a·my

 (hĕt′ə-rŏg′ə-mē)
n.
1. Alternation of sexual and parthenogenic generations, as in some aphids.
2. See anisogamy.
3. The state of having different types of flowers on the same plant, as both pistillate ray florets and staminate disk florets in a flower head.
4. Marriage between people who are different from each other, especially in their sociocultural backgrounds.

het′er·o·gam′ic (-rō-găm′ĭk) adj.
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heterogamy

(ˌhɛtəˈrɒɡəmɪ)
n
1. (Biology) a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes differ in both size and form. Compare isogamy
2. (Biology) a condition in which different types of reproduction occur in successive generations of an organism
3. (Botany) the presence of both male and female flowers in one inflorescence. Compare homogamy1
ˌheterˈogamous adj
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heterogamy

1. the condition of being heterogamous, or reproducing sexually and asexually in alternating generations.
2. the process of indirect pollination. Cf. heterogenesis.heterogamous, adj.
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One of the most important demographic variable of recent interest has been religious heterogamy (relationships in which each partner identifies with a different religious affiliation).
(42) We consulted the Adult Scale Orthogonal Cultural Identification Scale to investigate the influence of homogamy and heterogamy upon the cultural integration of the Hui.
(1990) "Educational Heterogamy and Father-to-Son Occupational Mobility in 23 Industrial Nations.
In addition, this phenomenon increases the heterogamy loss rate ([F.sub.is]) of the group.
Religious heterogamy and marital conflict: Findings from the national survey of families and households.
1307 (2009) (identifying the key norms that structure intimate discrimination and contrasting how they operate along lines of race, homogamy; sex, heterogamy; and disability, desexualization); Michael L.
Although demographic heterogamy in sexual relationships is generally associated with contraceptive use, the measures of demographic heterogamy (i.e., differences in partners' age, race, ethnicity and neighborhood) are not related to use of condoms or other contraceptive methods within dating relationship specifically.
Lawler, "Marital Satisfaction and Religious Heterogamy: A Comparison of Interchurch and Same-Church Individuals," Journal of Family Issues 24 (November, 2003): 1070-1092.
Educational heterogamy and father-to-son occupational mobility in 23 industrial nations: General societal openness or compensatorystrategies of reproduction.
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