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syngamy

[ sing-guh-mee ]

noun

Biology.
  1. union of gametes, as in fertilization or conjugation; sexual reproduction.


syngamy

/ ˈsɪŋɡəmɪ; ˈsɪŋɡəməs; sɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs; sɪŋˈɡæmɪk /

noun

  1. other names for sexual reproduction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

syngamy

/ ĭԲə-ŧ /

  1. The fusion of two gametes in fertilization.
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Derived Forms

  • syngamic, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·· [sin-, gam, -ik], ··dzܲ [sing, -g, uh, -m, uh, s], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of syngamy1

First recorded in 1900–05; syn- + -gamy
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Example Sentences

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In seven of the zygotes that were microinjected with sgRNA2b–Cas9, the pronuclei had already faded after thawing, showing that they had exited S phase and were undergoing syngamy.

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What we do press is this—that when an authority comes forward to assure us that all the processes of life, including man's highest as well as his lowest attributes, can be explained on chemico-physical lines, we are entitled to ask for a more cogent proof of it than the demonstration, however complete, of the germination of an egg, caused by artificial stimulus and not by the ordinary method of syngamy, even though that germination may lead to the production of a perfect adult form.

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