Apyrene
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Apyrene is an adjective meaning (zoology) Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.
Meaning
(zoology) Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.
Example Sentences
Counter to this latter hypothesis, Cook and Gage (1995) have shown that, unlike eupyrene numbers, apyrene sperm numbers do not vary with sperm competition risk (see fig 7.7).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sperm, polyspermic, spermatoid, agamospermous, homospermic, spermaphytic.
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