NOUN
- a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation
How To Use sex cell In A Sentence
- Sexual reproduction is known only in two genera: Botrydium, in which the sex cells are isogamous, and Vaucheria, in which the cells are oogamous.
- When two sex cells fuse into one, the newly formed cell receives one chromosome from each of the parent cells.
- In the sex cells, the sperms and eggs, chromosomes come in singles.
- Each somatic cell contains a full set of chromosomes, whereas sex cells only contain half.
- The law of segregation is explained by the fact that during gametogenesis, each gamete (sex cell) receives only one of each chromosome pair from its parent organism. Population Genetics
- These gemmules circulate throughout the body, and each sex cell eventually accumulates a full set.
