gamete
Example Sentences
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It’s possible that proper gamete formation only happens in the presence of some specific ingredient of the cat gut, Hakimi says.
From Science Magazine
Loh researched fertility clinics overseas, but became discouraged by the cost and the complexities of accessing her gametes, or reproductive cells, from Singapore.
From Seattle Times
Both human gametes are microscopic, and the sperm is even smaller than the egg.
From Salon
But when these gametes first form, it may be that pairs of chromosomes do not fully separate, leading to a zygote with a genome that is twice as large as its parents’.
From New York Times
Its male gametes, or spermatia, lack flexible flagella to propel them through the water.
From Scientific American
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