gamete

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It’s possible that proper gamete formation only happens in the presence of some specific ingredient of the cat gut, Hakimi says.

From Science Magazine

The usual solution is to simply boot your millions of cheap gametes directly into the water, wave bye-bye, and turn on some must-see TV.

From Scientific American

Germ cells eventually give rise to gametes, or sexual reproductive cells, and without them, the thinking went, the fish in this initial cohort would not reach sexual maturity.

From Salon

The corals released their eggs and sperm - gametes as those are collectively called - into the water where they fertilized and made little baby coral larvae early last month.

From Washington Times

Others turn to stem cells to study species-specific traits, or to produce gametes from endangered species for conservation purposes.

From Nature