germ plasm

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the reproductive cells of an organism, particularly that portion of the reproductive cells involved in heredity

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noun
  1. The cytoplasm of a germ cell, especially that part containing the chromosomes.
  2. Germ cells as distinguished from other body cells.
  3. Hereditary material; genes. Also called plasm.

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