What is another word for Gametes?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈamiːts] (IPA)

Gametes are reproductive cells that combine during fertilization to form a zygote. In biology, gametes can be referred to by different terms that highlight their role in reproduction. The male gametes, or sperm cells, are also known as spermatozoa or spermatozoids. The female gametes, or egg cells, may be called ovum, ova, or oocytes. In plants, the male gamete is called a pollen grain, and the female gamete is called an embryo sac. There are also specialized types of gametes, such as parthenotes, which are unfertilized egg cells that can still develop into embryos, and germ cells, which are early-stage cells that can divide and differentiate into gametes.

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What are the hypernyms for Gametes?

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  • Other hypernyms:

    Germ Cells, gametocytes, sex cells, haploid cells, Maternal Cells, Paternal Cells, Procreative Cells, Reproductive cells.

Usage examples for Gametes

Here, over a hundred characters that have been investigated as to their linkage relations are found to fall into four groups, the members of each group being linked, in the sense that they tend to be transmitted to the Gametes in the same combinations in which they entered from the parents.
"Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila"
Thomas Hunt Morgan Calvin B. Bridges
This problem reduces itself simply to that of the method whereby the Gametes transmit heliotropism to the larvae or to the adult.
"Darwin and Modern Science"
A.C. Seward and Others
The microscopic cell which develops into a living creature is composed thus of two halves, or "Gametes," to employ the scientific term.
"Feminism and Sex-Extinction"
Arabella Kenealy

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