Usually means: Sexual reproduction requiring different mating types.
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  1. heterothallism: Merriam-Webster
  2. heterothallism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. heterothallism: Wiktionary
  4. heterothallism: Dictionary.com
  5. Heterothallism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. heterothallism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. heterothallism: Encyclopedia

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  1. heterothallism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (botany) The condition of being heterothallic

Similar:
heterothally, homothallism, heterodromy, homothally, heteroblasty, homostyly, pseudohomothallism, heterotopism, heterogametism, heteroecy, more...

Opposite:
homothallism, self-fertility

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Similar:
heterothally, homothallism, heterodromy, homothally, heteroblasty, homostyly, pseudohomothallism, heterotopism, heterogametism, heteroecy, more...

Opposite:
homothallism, self-fertility



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