Definition of Germplasm

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of germ plasm) ¹

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Definition of Germplasm

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Germplasm

germiness
germinesses
germing
germinoma
germins
germiparity
germless
germlike
germline
germlines
germogen
germogens
germophobe
germophobes
germophobic
germplasm (current term)
germplasms
germproof
germs
germule
germules
germy
germyl
germylene
germylenes
germylidene
germylidenes
germylium
gerne
gerned

Literary usage of Germplasm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"it is apparent that only the "born" ones can be, which have their roots in the germplasm whence the new individual arises, and that "achievements" and ..."

2. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"0154 Small Grains and Potato germplasm Research Unit Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service University of Idaho Aberdeen Research and ..."

3. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"If every individual regarded the germplasm he carries as a sacred trust, then it would be the part of an awakened eugenic conscience to restrain that ..."

4. Genetics: An Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1913)
"The germplasm, on the contrary, is the immortal fragment freighted with the power to duplicate the whole organism and which, barring accident, ..."

5. The Direction of Human Evolution by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"Evolution Is Transformation of germplasm and Not of Developed Bodies of Animals or Plants The only living bond between successive generations is found in ..."

6. Summary Proceedings of a Workshop on Cereal Yield Variability by P. B. R. Hazell (1986)
"13 CIMMYT Presentation: Yield Stability of CIMMYT Maize germplasm« HN Pham, SR Waddington, and J. Crossa One important aim of the Maize Program of the ..."

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