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nouna mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomestype of:
Definition that contains gamete
- female an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
- female being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
- male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
- male being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
- sperm the male reproductive cell; the male gamete
- pollen the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
- segregation (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
- gonad a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
- fertilization creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- ovum the female reproductive cell; the female gamete