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The cytoplasm of germ cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, historical, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
- 2014, Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb, Evolution in Four Dimensions, The MIT Press (Bradford Books), page 19, He reasoned that since the father's germ plasm in the sperm mixes with the mother's germ plasm in the egg, there are two mingled germ plasms in their offspring.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pole plasm
Antonyms: none provided
Germplasm; seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plasm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protoplasm, living substance
Calque of German Keimplasma. From circa 1892.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
ituplasma
— cytoplasm of germ cells
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German:
Keimplasma
— cytoplasm of germ cells
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Italian:
germoplasma
— cytoplasm of germ cells
