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Definition of Germ plasm
1. Noun. The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes.
Definition of Germ plasm
1. Noun. (biology) The cytoplasm of germ cells ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Germ plasm
1. The liquid portion of a gamete (egg or sperm) that contains genetic material. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Germ Plasm
Literary usage of Germ plasm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"cms localization of germ-plasm in plants. Weismann himself admits that the germ-
plasm must be distributed in ' minute fraction ' in all ' somatic nuclei ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"There is no other way for these plants to get their germ-plasm, except from the
somatic leaf from which they came. It would seem that this admission ..."
3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"D. Eugenics Record Office, Cold Spring Harbor, Neu1 York ZA piece of apparatus,
while the AN ABACUS is a very simple •L *• germ-plasm is very complex. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This last he believes arises always from germ-plasm, that substance being ...
It is obvious that this theory of a potentially immortal germ-plasm entails ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"announces that upon further investigation he believer that germ-plasm is universally
vn- •tablef When this recantation occurred, Dr. Romanes considered ..."