male gamete

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• mâle — [ mal ] n. et adj. • masle, mascleXIIe; lat. masculus I ♦ N. m. 1 ♦ Individu appartenant au sexe doué du pouvoir de fécondation ⇒ chromosome. Le mâle et la femelle. Le mâle dans l espèce humaine. ⇒ homme. Nom donné aux mâles dans certaines… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• male pronucleus — n the nucleus that remains in a male gamete after the meiotic reduction division and that contains only one half of the number of chromosomes characteristic of its species compare FEMALE PRONUCLEUS * * * the haploid nucleus of the spermatozoon… …   Medical dictionary

• Male — This article is about the Male sex. For the city, see Malé. For other uses, see Male (disambiguation). The shield and spear of the Roman god Mars, which is also the alchemical symbol for iron, represents the male sex. Male (♂) refers to the… …   Wikipedia

• male — maleness, n. /mayl/, n. 1. a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man. 2. an organism of the sex or sexual phase …   Universalium

• male — [[t]meɪl[/t]] n. 1) dvl a person bearing anXandYchromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man 2) dvl an organism of the sex or sexual phase that …   From formal English to slang

• male pronucleus — noun : the nucleus that remains in a male gamete after reduction and that contains only one half of the number of chromosomes characteristic of its species compare female pronucleus …   Useful english dictionary

• gamète — [ gamɛt ] n. m. • 1884; gr. gametê, gametês « épouse, époux », de gamos « mariage » ♦ Biol. Cellule reproductrice sexuée possédant la moitié des chromosomes des autres cellules de l organisme (⇒ génome; haploïde), et qui, en s unissant à une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Gamete — Gam ete (g[a^]m [=e]t; g[.a]*m[=e]t ; the latter usually in compounds), n. [Gr. gameth wife, or game ths husband, fr. gamei^n to marry.] (Biol.) A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; a conjugating cell which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Male infertility — Classification and external resources ICD 10 N46 ICD 9 606 …   Wikipedia

• gamete — ► NOUN Biology ▪ a mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote. DERIVATIVES gametic adjective. ORIGIN Greek gamet wife , gamet s husband , from gamos… …   English terms dictionary

• Gamete — A gamete (from Ancient Greek γαμέτης gametes husband / γαμετή gamete wife ) is a cell that fuses with another cell during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually. In species that produce two morphologically distinct types… …   Wikipedia