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(a) Define the following terms with an example (i) Hologamy (ii) Isogamy (ii) Anisogamy (iv) Merogamy (v) Paedogamy

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(a) Hologamy: In Hologamy, the adult individuals do not produce gametes, but they themselves act as gametes and fuse to form new individuals. E.g.: Trichonympha
(b) Isogamy : Fusion of morphologically & physiologically similar gametes. E.g.: Monocystis
(c) Anisogamy : Fusion of morphologically & physiologically dissimilar gametes. E.g.: Vertebrates
(d) Merogamy : Fusion of small sized morphologically different gametes (merogametes)
(e) Paedogamy : Fusion of young individuals produced immediately after the mitotic division of adult parent cell.
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