What's the difference between gonophore and gynophore?

Gonophore


Definition:

  • (n.) A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.
  • (n.) A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On the basis of the findings of their investigation of the embryogenesis of the female genital tract, the authors advance a hypothesis concerning the origin of ambiguities between the genetic sex and the gonophoric sex which determine primary sexual characteristics observed in Morris' syndrome and in gonadoblastoma.

Gynophore


Definition:

  • (n.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.
  • (n.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.

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