[
US
/ˈɡæmit, ɡəˈmit/
]
[ UK /ɡˈæmiːt/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈæmiːt/ ]
NOUN
- a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
How To Use gamete In A Sentence
- The theory she presented for altering the genetic code in an Andorian gamete is straightforward enough. Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony
- The gametes then fuse in a process called syngamy, or fertilization.
- W.A. DiMichele has argued that free-sporing heterospory will only be favored in swamp environments, where gametes can move easily between unisexual gametophytes.
- Each gametangium yields two morphologically isogamous nonflagellated gametes with anisogamous behavior.
- It might also have a place in other assisted reproductive techniques such as oocyte transfer and gamete intrafallopian transfer (combining eggs and sperm outside the body, then placing them in the fallopian tubes to achieve fertilization), he said. TheHorse.com News
- The embryos of all sexually reproducing organisms develop from a single cell, formed by the fusion of a male and a female gamete at fertilization.
- Such results can be related to the formation of meiotic trivalent in the hybrids leading to the production of viable aneuploid gametes and post-zygotic elimination of embryos due to chromosomal non disjunction events at meiosis. The Rise of Human Chromosome 2: Beyond the Deme - The Panda's Thumb
- Once within the gonads, the germ cells differentiate as either male or female gametes.
- Pratten, who now works as a journalist in Toronto, filed her lawsuit in 2008, seeking to have the Adoption Act declared unconstitutional because it discriminates against children who are born through "gamete" donors, which includes sperm and egg donors. Canada.com Top Stories
- Our model assumes that populations evolve with temporal variation in outcrossing rates with no genetic drift, no selection (particularly no heterotic selection), and with the random mating of outcrossing gametes.