| gamete |
A haploid sex cell, egg or sperm, that contains a single copy of each chromosome
Ãâó: www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1994/glossary...
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| gametophyte |
In organisms such as trees that alternate haploid (n) and diploid (2n) phases or generations, a gametophyte is the haploid (n) gamete-producing phase or generation.
Ãâó: www.fgcouncil.bc.ca/doc-glos.html
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| gamma knife |
A device that is used to deliver radiosurgery to treat brain lesions. High energy rays are derived from cobalt, and radiation beams are delivered at many different angles.
Ãâó: www.nucletron.com/content/ContentPage.aspx
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| gamma-interferon |
A type of small protein with antiviral activity, made by T lymphocytes.
Ãâó: www.bioethics.gov/reports/stemcell/glossary.html
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| gamma-aminobutyric acid |
An important amino acid which functions as the most prevalent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system.
Ãâó: dragon.zoo.utoronto.ca/~jlm2001/J01T0601A/Glossary...
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