(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may…
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Germ cell
a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation
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transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
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The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; y…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male fl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from tha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.Alternate generation. See under Generation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate; --…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, atte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spermatozoon, ovum, cell, responsible, transmitting.
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