germline

English

Etymology

germ +‎ line

Noun

germline (plural germlines)

1. Those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes.
   • 2000, Gregory Stock, John Campbell, Engineering the Human Germline, Oxford University Press (→ISBN), page 31:

     Germline gene therapy is a controversial, complex topic; only through many open discussions of this topic by a broad spectrum of our society will we gain the wisdom needed for proper evaluation of the factors that must be considered before we complete initiation of these protocols.

Further reading

• germline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Elmering, remingle