gamete
noun
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
gametic
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a word derived from
gamete.
Example Sentences
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The gametic chromosomes combine during fertilization to produce offspring with the same chromosome number as their parents.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
It is a common misnomer to refer to a woman’s gametic cell as an egg or ovum, but this is impossible.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The four terms of the gametic series are first written horizontally across the four sets of four squares, so that the series is repeated four times.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
It is evident that six kinds of gametic matings are possible among individuals representing these various formulæ.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer
Now this peculiar result could be brought about if the gametic series produced by the F1 plant consisted of 7 BL + 1 Bl + 1 bL + 7 bl out of every 16 gametes.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
