GLOSSARY 



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HAPLOID, referring to the reduced or single 

 number of chromosomes, and to the struc- 

 tures and individuals that bear that num- 

 ber, such as eggs, sperms, and, in Habro- 

 bracon, azygous males. 



HETEROSYNGAMY, union of dissimilar gametes, or 

 gametes with unlike genotypes. 



HOMEOSYNGAMY, union of similar gametes, or gam- 

 etes with like genotypes. 



HOST CATERPILLAR, in Habrobraconology , the larva 

 of Ephestia kuehniella. 



HYPERPLOID MALES, males bearing more than the 

 normal haploid set of chromosomes. 



HYPODERMAL CELLS, cells of the living layer of 

 the insect body wall. 



HYPOPLOID FEMALES, females bearing fewer than 

 the normal diploid set of chromosomes. 



IMMATERNATE, originating from a sperm and an 

 egg whose nucleus has been destroyed. 



IMPATERNATE, originating without involvement of 

 male parent or sperm, as the normal males 

 of Habrobracon. 



INTERFERENCE, the inhibitory effect of one 

 crossover upon the possibility of another. 



INTERSEXUALITY, a condition in which individu- 

 als show characters intermediate between 

 those of two sexes. 



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