germ cells

germ cells
the cells of an organism whose function it is to reproduce its kind, i.e., oocytes and spermatozoa and their immature stages. See also gamete. Called also initial c's, sex c's, and sexual c's.

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  • germ cells — germ cells. См. зародышевые клетки. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • germ cells — A reproductive cell in a multicellular organism; see somatic cells …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • primordial germ cells — Germ cells at the earliest stage of development. Since germ cells may originate in the embryo at some distance from the gonads they then have to migrate to the gonadal primordia, a process that may involve chemotaxis or, more probably, random… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • primordial germ cells — primordial germ cells. См. примордиальные клетки. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Germ cell — Germ cells are progenitors of the gametes. These singled out cells move through the gut to the developing gonads and undergo mitotic proliferation followed by meiosis and differentiation into either eggs or sperm (mature gametes). Plants do not… …   Wikipedia

  • Germ cell tumor — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a seminoma, a common germ cell tumor. ICD 10 C …   Wikipedia

  • Germ plasm — or polar plasm is a zone found in the cytoplasm of the egg cells of some model organisms (such as Caenorhabditis elegans , Drosophila melanogaster , Xenopus laevis ), which contains determinants that will give rise to the germ cell lineage. As… …   Wikipedia

  • Germ — (j[ e]rm), n. [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but, germ. Cf. {Germen}, {Germane}.] 1. (Biol.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Germ cell — Germ Germ (j[ e]rm), n. [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but, germ. Cf. {Germen}, {Germane}.] 1. (Biol.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Germ gland — Germ Germ (j[ e]rm), n. [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but, germ. Cf. {Germen}, {Germane}.] 1. (Biol.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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