gametocyte

American  

[guh-mee-tuh-sahyt, gam-i-] / gəˈmi təˌsaɪt, ˈgæm ɪ- /

noun

Biology.

1. a cell that produces gametes.

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gametocyte British  

/ ɡəˈmiːtəʊˌsaɪt /

noun

1. an animal or plant cell that develops into gametes by meiosis See also oocyte spermatocyte

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gametocyte Scientific  

/ gə-mē′tə-sīt′ /

1. A cell from which gametes develop by meiosis. Oocytes and spermatocytes are gametocytes.

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Etymology

Origin of gametocyte

First recorded in 1895–1900; gameto- + -cyte

Example Sentences

Asexual replication in humans is what causes the symptoms of malaria, but to transmit, parasites have to develop and become either a male or female reproductive cell, known as a gametocyte.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2024

A Plasmodium falciparum histone deacetylase regulates antigenic variation and gametocyte conversion.

From Nature • Sep. 24, 2017

These epigenetic regulators may act to facilitate the expression and/or repression of genes that are necessary for the initiation of gametocyte development in the subsequent cell cycle.

From Nature • Sep. 24, 2017

Numbers were averaged for all gametocyte stages and for all blood stages.

From Nature • Jan. 24, 2017

A young trophozoite which is becoming a gametocyte is distinguished from one which gives rise to a schizont by its much slower rate of growth, and the absence of any vacuoles in its cytoplasm.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various