How to Use germ cell in a Sentence

germ cell

noun

• The exception is if the altered DNA is put into a germ cell: the cells that turn into sperm and eggs.
  — Jennifer Kahn, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2020
• But that July, tragedy struck when he was diagnosed with a germ cell tumor.
  — Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• In nature, they're formed from primordial germ cells and can be seen as precursors to egg cells.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2018
• These germ cells then divide to form stem cells that can produce more of themselves, and more of the cells that, through a series of divisions, make sperm.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2018
• But flowers, which contain both kinds of germ cells—pollen and ova—form from active somatic tissue at the tips of growing stems.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 29 Aug. 2019
• Evolution in animals is largely driven by mutations in the DNA of germ cells – the sperm and egg that fuse to form an embryo.
  — Monika Joshi, The Conversation, 1 May 2023
• Any mutations occurring in the dividing cells of a stem will be locked into the germ cells and can pass on to the next generation.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 29 Aug. 2019
• And germ cell growths are usually benign tumors called mature teratomas, the ACS explains.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 1 Nov. 2018
• Infections, toxins or just old age can affect germ cells and produce offspring that are less healthy in various ways.
  — Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2017
• This happens under conditions in which both genes have an equal chance (50 percent) of going into the germ cells, as is true for the vast majority of genes — this is like the twins’ both getting half of the cake.
  — Quanta Magazine, 9 Nov. 2017
• If the embryo is male, each primordial germ cell divides to produce two cells called spermatogonia.
  — K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2016
• From there, the team converted the XX cells into primordial germ cells, the precursors of eggs and sperm, that were subsequently programmed with the signals to turn them into egg cells.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
• In Drosophila melanogaster, the standard lab fruit fly, this problem is partly managed by the fact that Apollo shows much higher activity in the male germ cells than the female equivalents.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2018
• Dolly was the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell, which is any type of bodily cell that is not a reproductive germ cell.
  — Bill Frist, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• In a July Instagram post, Cormac announced that he was diagnosed with stage three germ cell cancer in November 2021.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022
• In December 2017, Surani announced a crucial milestone concerning the eight-week cycle, after which germ cells begin the process of transforming into gametes.
  — Jason Pontin, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
• Sometimes an entire chromosome is misdirected during the formation of a germ cell.
  — Mark Cohen, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2014
• He was re-diagnosed with another germ cell tumor after visiting the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, a description on the page read.
  — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2020
• Transgenerational inheritance is even easier in small organisms that do not go through a germ cell stage, such as bacteria.
  — Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2017
• Early during an embryo’s development, the germ cells — which are basically the cellular grandparents or great grandparents of sperm — travel to the nascent gonads.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2018
• But as the quality of the germ cells declines, there is no evolutionary reason to keep extending life span further; from evolution’s perspective, life exists to reproduce itself.
  — Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Aug 2024