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germ

Definition:

(nou) anything that provides inspiration for later work (nou) a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism (nou) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Phonetic Transcription:

dʒɜːm

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The chicken is the soma, the egg is the germ cell.

It is also expressed in the primordial germ cells of females.

The germ layers form during gastrulation of the blastula.

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