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gamete
gamete Reproductive sex cell that joins with another sex cell to form a new organism. Female gametes (ova) are usually motionless; male gametes (
sperm) often have a tail (flagellum) enabling them to swim to the
ovum. All gametes are
haploid having a single set of
chromosomes in each cell.
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Mirror gametes donation
Magazine article from: Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...account when allocating donor gametes. The mirror exchange system...number of them will have to use gametes from other persons. Sperm...all-inclusive allowance to gamete donors on the contrary is seen...raised against payment. Mirror gametes donation Gametes donation is...
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Navigating race in the market for human gametes: when people go shopping for gametes, their first and most important criterion is the donor's race.
Magazine article from: The Hastings Center Report; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...overwhelming majority of gamete consumers, morally...in choosing the gametes of a white donor...that person's gametes will be like, as well as the gamete consumer's own...by race-based gamete choice is that...created using the gametes donated by a racially...
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Fertilization interference between Crassostrea ariakensis and Crassostrea virginica: a gamete sink?(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...examined the effects of gamete age, sperm concentration...ratios of heterospecific gametes on fertilization rates...The magnitude of the gamete sink will depend on both gamete concentrations and...proportion of interspecific gametes in the water column...
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Control of gamete release in fucoid algae: sensing hydrodynamic conditions via carbon acquisition.
Magazine article from: Ecology; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...environments is to avoid releasing gametes during periods of high...high water motion inhibits gamete release in fucoid algae...intertidal pools each release gametes coincident with periods...g., gametogenesis, gamete release, larval release...
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Revealing your sources: the case for non-anonymous gamete donation.
Magazine article from: Journal of Law and Health; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...TOWARDS THE USE OF DONOR GAMETES III. CURRENT REGULATION OF GAMETE DONOR ANONYMITY A...questions facing anonymous gamete donation today...preserving the anonymity of gamete donors is best for...Recipients of donated gametes, especially heterosexual...
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Comparison of gamete compatibility between two blue mussel species in sympatry and in allopatry.(Report)
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...of positive selection on genes encoding gamete recognition proteins in free-spawning...DNA sequences of proteins controlling gamete interactions in sea urchins and both gastropod...assumed to be the main fitness benefit of gamete incompatibility (Coyne and Orr, 2004...
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Fertilization success in marine invertebrates: The influence of gamete age.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...viable life of the gametes has expired, leading to the hypothesis that gamete longevity is not important...Circumstances in which gamete longevity is combined with reduced gamete dilution due to the...the fluids in which gametes are released may increase...
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UK Statutory Instruments on The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) Regulations 2009(2...and (b) in respect of a gamete, the maximum period that may...statutory storage period for gametes for premature infertility...maximum storage period for a gamete"; and (b) in paragraph...
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ViaCell obtains worldwide exclusive license to patented oocyte cryopreservation technique.(Gamete Technology, Inc.)
Newspaper article from: BIOTECH Patent News; 8/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...obtained a worldwide exclusive license from Gamete Technology, Inc. (North Kingstown...patent rights and clinical applications of Gamete Technology's oocyte cryopreservation...fertilization (IVF) clinics around the world. Gamete retains rights for applications related...
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Incorporating incest: gamete, body and relation in assisted conception*.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...fertilization (IVF), and the donation of gametes (ova and sperm)--but that such anxieties...to questions about the substitution of gametes (as in sperm and ova donation) and of...to my questions. The manipulation of gametes and embryos--'the messing about...
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Gamete
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Gamete A gamete is a specialized reproductive...animals, and microbes produce gametes some time during their lives...egg, which is a single gamete (ovum). Therefore drone...division that usually forms gametes. Currently there is much...
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gamete
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
...gametophyte ( microspore ) and the female gamete is contained in the female gametophyte...contact ( pollination ) and the male gamete can be released without having...Usually there are many small male gametes, but only a few or one female gamete.
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Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT)
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
...intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) A gamete is a mature male or female reproductive...characteristic separate equally into two gametes. Each gamete then contains a single heredity factor for each characteristic. The gametes exist within the ovum (egg...
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gamete intrafallopian transfer
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
gamete intrafallopian transfer ( GIFT ) (intră-fă- loh -piăn) n. a procedure for assisting conception...
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Fertilization
Book article from: Animal Sciences
...reproductive cells termed gametes . Gametes are typically labeled...female, with the female gamete being the larger of the...of a male and a female gamete to form a zygote , the...animals are called gonads. Gametes are made in the gonads...
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