isogamy

From iso- +‎ -gamy.

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯ˈsɒɡəmi/
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• Hyphenation: i‧so‧ga‧my

isogamy (usually uncountable, plural isogamies)

1. (ethnology) Sexual bonding or marriage involving partners of equal social status.
2. (biology) A form of sexual reproduction involving gametes of similar morphology.
   • 2018 April 24, John Launer, “Do We Even Need Men?”, in Literary Hub‎^[1]:

     Among other organisms, alternative methods of reproduction include budding, hermaphroditism (one individual carrying both kinds of sex organs) and isogamy (two individuals, not distinguished as male and female, combining their genes).

• anisogamy, heterogamy