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apyrene

apyrene adjective: of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.

Adjective

apyrene (not comparable)

  1. Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.
    • 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).2001, Leigh W. Simmons, Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects

apyrene meaning in Tamil

apyrene in Tamil

கற்கருவிலி

Questions about apyrene

What does apyrene mean?
Apyrene means of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.
What is apyrene in Tamil?
Apyrene in Tamil is கற்கருவிலி. See Apyrene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is apyrene?
Apyrene is an adjective.

Words near apyrene in the dictionary

  1. APXS
  2. APY
  3. apyramidinic
  4. apyrase
  5. apyrases
  6. apyrene
  7. apyretic
  8. apyrexia
  9. apyrexial
  10. apyrexias
  11. apyrexies

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