gametogenesis
noun
the development of gametes.
gametogenic
-
a word derived from
gametogenesis.
Example Sentences
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These fishes offer perhaps the best example of the difference between gametogenic mutations and adaptive modifications.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
For the present, therefore, we must conclude that feathers are not an adaptation, and not due to somatogenic modification, but must be result of a gametogenic mutation.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
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 J. T. Cunningham
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 J. T. Cunningham
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 J. T. Cunningham
