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What is an anisogamous condition?


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Sexual reproduction:

  1. The reproduction in which the fusion of male and female gametes occurs to produce a new individual is called sexual reproduction.
  2. The fusion of gametes results in the formation of a zygote, which develops into a new organism.

Anisogamous condition:

  1. The organisms in which male and female gametes are morphologically distinct is called anisogamous condition.
  2. Anisogamous conditions of heterogametes are found in Fucus (algae), where sperm (male gamete) is smaller than the female gamete (ovum).

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