reproductive cell
Americannoun
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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
Once they're in the lungs, those spores take on a wholly different form, each morphing into a reproductive cell in which new spores multiply.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2023
These cells went through meiosis, an adaption of mitosis, which reduced the number of chromosomes in each reproductive cell by half, while increasing the number of cells through cell division.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Twigs from these branches represent the human individuals, and any one who considers the matter must recognize that, as was said above, apart from the preservation of the reproductive cell series the individuals are purposeless.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
A spore is a minute cell containing a nucleus or living germ, the reproductive cell germ called by some authors the germinating granule.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
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