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Main Entry: germ line
Function: noun
: the cellular lineage especially of a sexually reproducing animal from which eggs and sperm are derived and in which a cellundergoing mutation can be passed to the next generation germ line —David Baltimore>
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germ line n.
Cells from which gametes are derived.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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