Difference between revisions of "Gamete"
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− | '''gamete''' (''pl.'' | + | '''gamete''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' gametes) – a sex cell, a fertile reproductive cell. In [[ascomycete]]s female gametes are unknown; male sex cells of ascomycetes ([[spermatia]]) are [[immotile]], spore-like and sometimes also function as [[asexual]] spores ([[conidia]]). |
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gamete (noun, pl. gametes) – a sex cell, a fertile reproductive cell. In ascomycetes female gametes are unknown; male sex cells of ascomycetes (spermatia) are immotile, spore-like and sometimes also function as asexual spores (conidia).
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