segregant

American  

[seg-ri-guhnt] / ˈsɛg rɪ gənt /

noun

plural

segregants

1. Genetics. an organism produced by segregation, the separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis, genetically different from the parent organisms.

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adjective

1. Genetics. being or relating to an organism produced by segregation, the separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis, genetically different from the parent organisms.

Example Sentences

My heart hath naturally detested foure things: The standing of the Apocrypha in the Bible; Forrainers dwelling in my Countrey, to crowd our native Subjects into the corners of the Earth; Alchymized coines; Tolerations of divers Religions, or of one Religion in segregant shapes: He that willingly assents to the last, if he examines his heart by day-light, his conscience will tell him, he is either an Atheist, or an Heretique, or an Hypocrite, or at best a captive to some lust: Poly-piety is the greatest impiety in the world.

From Project Gutenberg

The Simple Cobbler of Agawam," Ward of Ipswich, made a clean breast for himself and his contemporaries, when he numbered among the "foure things which my heart hath naturally detested: Tolerations of diverse Religions, or of one Religion in segregant shapes.

From Project Gutenberg