Definition of Unisexual. Meaning of Unisexual. Synonyms of Unisexual

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Definition of Unisexual

Unisexual
Unisexual U`ni*sex"u*al, a. [Uni- + sexual: cf. F. unisexuel.] (Biol.) Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; di[oe]cious; -- distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See Di[oe]cious.

Meaning of Unisexual from wikipedia

- dy-EE-sh(ee-)əs) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct uni****ual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly...
- "hermaphroditic". A uni****ual flower is one in which either the stamens or the carpels are missing, vestigial or otherwise sterile. Staminate uni****ual flowers have...
- salamanders are known to be ****ociated with uni****ual (all-female) po****tions of ancient origin. The uni****ual females often look like blue-spotted salamanders...
- gonochoric.[clarification needed] Look up gonochorism, gonochory, or uni****ualism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term is derived from Gr**** gone...
- nuclear genome, all uni****uals form a monophyletic group based on their mitochondrial DNA. The maternal ancestor of the uni****ual ambystomatids was most...
- systems. Kleptogenic reproduction results in three potential outcomes: A uni****ual female may simply activate cell division in the egg through the presence...
- generation. This represents the largest group of uni****ual vertebrate species known to science. The uni****ual species exhibit varying chromosome numbers reflecting...
- role of male gametes. Gynogenetic species, "gynogens" for short, are uni****ual, meaning they must mate with males from a closely related bi****ual species...
- oldest known uni****ual vertebrate lineage, having emerged about 5 million years ago. Genome exchange can sometimes occur between the uni****ual female Ambystoma...
- of reproduction where eggs develop without fertilization, resulting in uni****ual species. This phenomenon is closely related with reproductive modes such...