germline
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]germline (plural germlines)
- 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.
