Associations to the word «Gamete»

Wiktionary

GAMETE, noun. (cytology) A reproductive cell (male (sperm) or female (egg)) that has only half the usual number of chromosomes.

Dictionary definition

GAMETE, noun. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca