germplasm

noun germ·plasm \ˈjərm-ˌpla-zəm\

Definition of GERMPLASM

: germ cells and their precursors serving as the bearers of heredity and being fundamentally independent of other cells

: the hereditary material of the germ cells : genes

1889

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