Examples of germ cell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But that July, tragedy struck when he was diagnosed with a germ cell tumor. — Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 2 Feb. 2022 Gantz and his thesis adviser, Ethan Bier, a professor of cell and developmental biology at U.C. San Diego, decided to try putting the Crispr editing machinery into a germ cell, along with the gene it was originally tied to. — Jennifer Kahn, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2020 The exception is if the altered DNA is put into a germ cell: the cells that turn into sperm and eggs. — Jennifer Kahn, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2020 He was re-diagnosed with another germ cell tumor after visiting the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, a description on the page read. — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2020 This happens under conditions in which both genes have an equal chance (50 percent) of going into the germ cells, as is true for the vast majority of genes — this is like the twins’ both getting half of the cake. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Nov. 2017 Infections, toxins or just old age can affect germ cells and produce offspring that are less healthy in various ways. — Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2017 Any mutations occurring in the dividing cells of a stem will be locked into the germ cells and can pass on to the next generation. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 29 Aug. 2019 But flowers, which contain both kinds of germ cells—pollen and ova—form from active somatic tissue at the tips of growing stems. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 29 Aug. 2019 See More

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