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gam·ete

(găm′ēt′, gə-mēt′)

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce a zygote.

[New Latin gameta, from Greek gametē, wife and gametēs, husband, from gamein, to marry, from gamos, marriage; see gemə- in Indo-European roots.]

ga·met′ic (-mĕt′ĭk) adj.

ga·met′i·cal·ly adv.

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gametically

(ɡəˈmɛtɪkəlɪ)

adv

(Biology) biology in a gametic manner

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The two species recently diverged between 0.5 and 2.5 million years ago, are gametically compatible and capable of hybridization, and share conserved microsatellite loci (Fukami et al., 2004; Severance et al., 2004; Levitan et al., 2011; Davies et al., 2013).

Somatic Mutation Is a Function of Clone Size and Depth in Orbicella Reef-Building Corals

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In the first instance, cloning offers a male who is incapable of reproducing gametically, or who is unlikely to do so because of a low sperm count, the ability to produce by transplanting nuclei from other body tissue.