germ cell
germ cell
Definition
germ cell
noun
any of various cells, esp. an egg or sperm cell, from which a new organism can develop
germ cell
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- make: Male germ-line stem cells are cells that proliferate throughout the life of the animal to make male germ cells or sperms.
Adjective modifier
- male: The male germ cells, called pollen, are produced in a part of the flower called the stamen.
- female: Mother Nature prefers cross-pollination and has some clever tricks to promote this, like ripening the male and female germ cells at different times.
- fetal: Early in development of the fetal germ cells in both sexes, the germ-cell genomes are erased of methylation marks on the imprinted genes.
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