: a mature male or female germ cell usually possessing a haploid chromosome set and capable of initiating formation of a new diploid individual by fusion with a gamete of the opposite sex
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On the other hand, some donors update gamete providers on their health status but later learn that recipient families were never contacted, according to Rupnow.
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Katie Camero, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
At the time of ovulation, estrogens increase the motility of the oviduct on the left side which results in a negative pressure in the tube and oocyte and sperms are picked-up into the tube with the help of this vacuum effect, taking both gametes to the fertilization site in the oviduct.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
Early plants, for example, still needed to let their gametes swim to each other in standing water.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
If Fisch’s data are any indication, New York men produce more of the wiggly gametes than most.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Katie Camero, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
At the time of ovulation, estrogens increase the motility of the oviduct on the left side which results in a negative pressure in the tube and oocyte and sperms are picked-up into the tube with the help of this vacuum effect, taking both gametes to the fertilization site in the oviduct.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
Early plants, for example, still needed to let their gametes swim to each other in standing water.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
If Fisch’s data are any indication, New York men produce more of the wiggly gametes than most.
—Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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gamete
noun
ga·mete
ˈgam-ˌēt also gə-ˈmēt
: a mature male or female germ cell usually possessing a haploid chromosome set and capable of initiating formation of a new diploid individual by fusion with a gamete of the opposite sex
called also sex cell
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