gametogenic
- a word derived from gametogenesis.
Example Sentences
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All attempts to explain adaptation by gametogenic mutations, or changes in gametic factors or 'genes,' have completely failed, as Bateson himself has admitted.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
At the same time there are some somatic sex-characters, e.g. in insects and birds, which do not appear to be correlated with changes in the gonads, and which are probably gametogenic, not somatogenic in origin.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
Most of the characters in domesticated varieties are obviously gametogenic mutations, but the lop-ear in rabbits may be, partly at least, somatogenic.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
It has been the main argument of this volume that there are two distinct kinds of characters in all organisms—namely, those of somatogenic origin and those of gametogenic origin.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
These fishes offer perhaps the best example of the difference between gametogenic mutations and adaptive modifications.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
