germ plasm

collocation in English

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germ
noun
uk
/dʒɜːm/us
/dʒɝːm/
a very small organism that ...
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(Definition ofgermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These germ plasms have now spread through the whole middle west and are continuing to spread the anti-social trait of theirgermplasmwith no check by society.
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He is also concerned about the insecurity of the worldgermplasmresources, which are publicly funded but of value to industry.
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Is there agermplasmin mouse oocytes?
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There is nothing wrong with thegermplasmitself.
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It is thegermplasm, through the most marvellous mechanism, that is now gradually being uncovered by biologists.
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But there is something more about thegermplasm.
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Thegermplasmof every man represents not a union of two but of hundreds of previous germ cells.
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He suggested that the decline in fertility is a biological problem of the most serious import, and that thegermplasmhas ceased to be actively reproductive.
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Germplasmtheory, on the other hand, does so effortlessly.
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Genetic information can not pass from soma togermplasmand on to the next generation.
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Oskar is sufficient to recruit the other genes to form functionalgermplasm.
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Thegermplasmeffectively turns off gene expression to render the genome of the cell inert.
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Hisgermplasmtheory states that multicellular organisms consist of germ cells that contain and transmit heritable information, and somatic cells which carry out ordinary bodily functions.
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