germ cell
Americannoun
noun
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One of the diploid cells in the reproductive organs of a multicellular organism that undergo division and are the precursors of haploid gametes, such as a spermatogonium or oogonium.
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See gamete
Etymology
Origin of germ cell
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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These epigenetic changes impact crucial genes involved in hormone signaling and germ cell development, as well as regulation of the epigenetic landscape, suggesting that environmental exposure can have lasting and hereditary effects on gene regulation.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024
He was admitted to a hospital with unusual pain nine days earlier and was diagnosed with an aggressive form of germ cell cancer.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2021
One possible explanation is that the DNA repair response is different in germ cell meiotic M phase compared to mitotic M phase in cultured cells.
From Nature ● Aug. 1, 2017
As with sperm production, oogenesis starts with a germ cell.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
He never pretended that there was the faintest corroborating evidence visible to the microscope in the organ, in the blood, or in the germ cell.
From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian
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