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Definition of Microgamete
1. Noun. (biology) The smaller of a pair of conjugating gametes; often the male ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Microgamete
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Medical Definition of Microgamete
1. The male element in anisogamy, or conjugation of cells of unequal size; it is the smaller of the two cells and actively motile. Origin: micro-+ G. Gametes, husband (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microgamete
Literary usage of Microgamete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1900)
"So long as it is swimming about freely the microgamete has a single ... In the
next stage the micronuclei are unaltered, but the microgamete loses its ..."
2. Human Parasitology: With Notes on Bacteriology, Mycology, Laboratory by Damaso de Rivas (1920)
"The microgamete becomes gradually formed, pushes its way through the surface of
the gametocyte, similar to a pseudopod; the gametocyte gradually elongates, ..."
3. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1911)
"A. Attachment of the small free-swimming microgamete to the large fixed ...
as in Vorticella, where a smaller microgamete unites with a larger ..."
4. General Zoology by Arthur Sperry Pearse (1917)
"They are also peculiar in possessing a posterior circle of cilia about the body
and in being without a stalk. A microgamete when set free from the "parent" ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1893)
"... the microgamete gaining activity and delicate sensibility; and by this
differentiation of temperament the zygote would be the gainer. ..."
6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In the process of conjugation a microgamete and ... The protoplasm of the
microgamete then passes over into the space inclosed by the part of the membrane ..."
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