germ plasm

germ·plasm

also germ plasm G5110400 (jûrm′plăz′əm)n.1. The genetic material of a species or other related group of organisms, collected for use in study, conservation, and breeding.2. Germ cells as distinguished from other body cells.3. The hereditary material of a germ cell.

germ plasm

n1. (Biology) a. the part of a germ cell that contains hereditary material; the chromosomes and genesb. the germ cells collectively. Compare somatoplasm

germ′ plasm`

n. the substance of reproductive cells that contains chromosomes. [1885–90]

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germ plasm - the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genesplasmliving substance, protoplasm - the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)

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noun the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes

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