gamonen.
/ˈɡaməʊn/, U.S. /ˈɡæmoʊn/ Physiology.
Any of a group of biologically active substances which play various roles in bringing about fusion between gametes (fertilization).
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gamone1942
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1942 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quantitative Biol. 10 113/2 The filtrate materials that render cells capable of copulation are called ‘gamones’, following the terminology of Hartmann and Schartau.
1957 Ecology 38 257/2 There are possible effects on the activity of gamones such as fertilizin..that are important in the reactions of sperm and eggs.
1971 Science 26 Feb. 816/3 This is the first case in which the chemical structure of an algal gamone has been determined.
2000 P. R. Bell & A. R. Hemsley Green Plants (ed. 2) i. 15/1 In several instances..it has been shown that one or both gametes..liberate traces of chemical substances, termed pheromones (or gamones), which cause the appropriate gametes to approach each other.
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