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reproductive cell

American  

noun

  1. gamete.


reproductive cell Scientific  
/ rē′prə-dŭk′tĭv /
  1. See gamete


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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

An egg; the reproductive cell of an animal or vegetable.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

The female reproductive cell is called the egg, and it is this cell which divides to form the next generation.

From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn

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