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Definition of Gamete

Gamete
Gamete Gam"ete (g[a^]m"[=e]t; g[.a]*m[=e]t"; the latter usually in compounds), n. [Gr. gameth` wife, or game`ths husband, fr. gamei^n to marry.] (Biol.) A sexual cell or germ cell; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm (male) and egg (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an o["o]spore. In Zo["o]l., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.

Meaning of Gamete from wikipedia

- A gamete (/ˈɡæmiːt/; from Ancient Gr**** γαμετή (gametḗ) 'wife', ultimately from Ancient Gr**** γάμος (gámos) 'marriage') is a haploid cell that fuses with...
- female reproductive cell, or gamete, in most anisogamous organisms (organisms that reproduce ****ually with a larger, female gamete and a smaller, male one)...
- cell), the type of gamete (**** cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during ****ual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females...
- **** of an organism that produces the gamete (**** cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation...
- Gamete donation is the donation of gametes, either ova or sperm, and may thus refer to: Egg donation Sperm donation This disambiguation page lists articles...
- reproducing organism produces male or female gametes. During ****ual reproduction, a male and a female gamete fuse to form a zygote, which develops into...
- union or fusion of two gametes that differ in size and/or form. The smaller gamete is male, a sperm cell, whereas the larger gamete is female, typically...
- Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) is a tool of ****isted reproductive technology against infertility. Eggs are removed from a woman's ovaries, and placed...
- gametes. Depending on the biological life cycle of the organism, gametogenesis occurs by meiotic division of diploid gametocytes into various gametes...
- Sperm (pl.: sperm or sperms) is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of ****ual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female...