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germ line

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germ line
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) the lineage of cells culminating in the germ cells


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These are spontaneous mutations in the germ line, and they just stay there," he says.
The DNA that succeeds in traveling from the egg and sperm of one generation to the egg and sperm of the next is called the germ line of the species.
Absence of Sxl is associated with upregulation of genes on the single X chromosome (dosage compensation), male somatic development, and male germ line development.
 
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