sex cells

Cultural  

1. The sperm and egg of living things. Sex cells have only half the number of chromosomes that other cells (body cells) have. (See meiosis.)

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Example Sentences

It is a hermaphrodite, meaning each slug carries both male and female sex cells, so it can mate with any Arion partner it finds, and that increases the risk of infestation.

From BBC

The cancer originates in germ cells, which are sex cells that do not leave the brain when the fetus is in utero, according to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.

From Fox News

Because the crossovers that occur when parents’ sex cells are created are not random, they make mutations more likely in certain areas of DNA, making these mutations less random as well.

From Science Magazine

Instead the parasites had reached a different stage in their reproductive cycle, giving rise to cells that, once inside a mosquito, would develop into male and female sex cells.

From The Guardian

But before the evolution of eggs and sperm—before sex cells began to diverge in size and form—organisms couldn’t be classified by sex.

From Scientific American