Medical Definition of Germ nucleus

1. The smaller nucleus in ciliate protozoans, fully active in inheritance and passed after meiosis to conjugating pairs. Gives rise to the macronucleus or macronuclei. Genes in the micronucleus are not actively transcribed. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Germ Nucleus

germ
germ-free animal
germ-free isolator
germ-free life
germ-line mutation
germ-plasm
germ cell tumour
germ cells
germ layer
germ layer theory
germ layers
germ line
germ line gene therapy
germ line transformation
germ nucleus (current term)
germ pore
germ theory
germ tube
germ tube test
germ warfare
germacrene
germain
germaine
germaines
germains
german
german measles
german measles immunization

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