: a mature male or female germ cell usually possessing a haploid chromosome set and capable of initiating formation of a new diploid individual by fusion with a gamete of the opposite sex
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Genetic testing has increased, anonymity is gone and caps on the number of families that can use one donor’s gametes are common.
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
Other examples include dandelion seeds being carried on the breeze or coral gametes being pushed along by ocean currents.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
Many fish change their gamete production from eggs to sperm, or vice versa; some worms produce both at once; some lizard species produce no sperm at all.
—Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
In it, the president formally designated that, from the perspective of the U.S. government and federal law, there are only two sexes: male and female, defined by the gametes each body produces, eggs and sperm respectively.
—Inez Feltscher Stepman, National Review, 5 Feb. 2025
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
Other examples include dandelion seeds being carried on the breeze or coral gametes being pushed along by ocean currents.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
Many fish change their gamete production from eggs to sperm, or vice versa; some worms produce both at once; some lizard species produce no sperm at all.
—Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
In it, the president formally designated that, from the perspective of the U.S. government and federal law, there are only two sexes: male and female, defined by the gametes each body produces, eggs and sperm respectively.
—Inez Feltscher Stepman, National Review, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Gamete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamete. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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gamete
noun
ga·mete
ˈgam-ˌēt also gə-ˈmēt
: a mature male or female germ cell usually possessing a haploid chromosome set and capable of initiating formation of a new diploid individual by fusion with a gamete of the opposite sex
called also sex cell
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