| Term: | male organism primordial germ cell |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | male organism |
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| Definition: | Gonochoristic organism that can produce male gametes. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000242] |
| Name: | primordial germ cell |
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| Synonyms: | PGC |
| Definition: | A primordial germ cell is a diploid germ cell precursors that transiently exist in the embryo before they enter into close association with the somatic cells of the gonad and become irreversibly committed as germ cells. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009288] |