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"Gemmule" Definition

noun

A hypothetical particle of heredity postulated to be the mediating factor in the production of new cells in the theory of pangenesis.
A small gemma or similar structure, especially a reproductive structure in some sponges that remains dormant through the winter and later develops into a new individual.
a small bud.
A theoretical particle proposed in the theory of pangenesis that is shed by a somatic cell and contains all the information necessary to reproduce that cell type (as in an offspring).
A reproductive bud produced by freshwater and some marine sponges that consists of a usually hardened aggregate of cells .

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