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reproductive cell

American  

noun

  1. gamete.


reproductive cell Scientific  
/ rē′prə-dŭktĭv /
  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

From some portion of their surface an elongated germ filament is produced, into which the contents of the reproductive cell pass until quite exhausted.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

The parent produces by a process of unequal fission, which takes place at a part of the body called the reproductive gland, a small living organism called the reproductive cell.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various