noun
1. : germ cells and their precursors regarded as bearers of hereditary characters and as at all times fundamentally independent of other body cells
2. : the hereditary material of the germ cells : genes
noun
1. : germ cells and their precursors regarded as bearers of hereditary characters and as at all times fundamentally independent of other body cells
2. : the hereditary material of the germ cells : genes
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012