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germ line

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germ line
n.
Cells from which gametes are derived.
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These are spontaneous mutations in the germ line, and they just stay there," he says.
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The DNA that succeeds in traveling from the egg and sperm of one generation to the egg and sperm of the next is called the germ line of the species.
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Absence of Sxl is associated with upregulation of genes on the single X chromosome (dosage compensation), male somatic development, and male germ line development.
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