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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.