单词 | gonocyte |
释义 | > as lemmasˈgonocyte ˈgonocyte n. Brit. /ˈɡɒnə(ʊ)sʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˈɡɑnəˌsaɪt/ Biology any cell which may potentially undergo meiosis and produce gametes; also, any of the gametes so produced. [ < French gonocyte (1876) < gono- gono- comb. form + -cyte -cyte comb. form.] ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > parent cell parent cella1836 mother cell1840 pericytula1876 gonocyte1900 gonotocont1909 intermitotic1942 1900 E. A. Minchin in E. R. Lankester Treat. Zool. II. iii. 60 In sponges generally two classes of tokocytes can be distinguished: first, sexual cells or gonocytes, the mother cells of ova and spermatozoa of the normal type. 1904 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Wonders of Life 254 The two copulating sexual cells (gonocyta). 1956 Nature 21 Jan. 142/1 The conditions which determine the differentiation of indifferent gonocytes in hermaphrodite glands..constitute a major problem in the biology of sexuality. < as lemmas |
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