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gamete (găm`ēt): see reproduction reproduction, capacity of all living systems to give rise to new systems similar to themselves. The term reproduction may refer to this power of self-duplication of a single cell or a multicellular animal or plant organism. ..... Click the link for more information. . gamete a haploid germ cell, such as a spermatozoon or ovum, that fuses with another germ cell during fertilization How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Using basic principles of marine biology and physics, she explains how moving water transports organisms and their reproductive cells among the rocky crevasses and other niches in the partially submerged shoreline. 41) With the specter of nuclear destruction haunting the postwar world, Muller, who discovered that radiation caused heritable changes in reproductive cells, proposed the creation of a "seminal Fort Knox" to store the semen of men about to be exposed to radiation. On CBC's Quirks and Quarks in December 1999, he said one of the most significant advances for the new century would be the banking of reproductive cells and the development of designer embryos. |
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