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Grade 11Botany

What is the difference between oogonium and oogamous?

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
Oogonium is the female sex organs of lower plants like algae and also of fungi.
 
Oogamous: when a small motile/non-motile male gamete fuses with large non-motile felmale gamete, the type of reproduction is known as oogamous. E.g. volvox, fucus, polysiphonia