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What is gametogenesis? Differentiate between isogamy and anisogamy.

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Gametogenesis is the formation of two types of gametes - male and female which are haploid cells. The main difference between isogamy and an isogamy are as follows:

	Isogamy	Anisogamy
(a)	Isogamy is the fusion of two gametes which are similar in appearance, of gametes.	Anisogamy is the fusion of two morphologically dissimilar types
(b)	The gametes are so similar that it is very difficult to differentiate male and female gametes.	Gametes can easily differentiated into male and female gametes.
(c)	Such gametes are called isogametes or homogametes.	Such gametes are called heterogametes Oran isogametes.
(d)	Example: Monocystis, Chlamydomonas.	Example: Humans and frogs.