plasmagene
/ˈplazmədʒiːn/Biology
noun
In some theories: an entity in the cytoplasm of a cell which carries genetic information that can pass to the next generation.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Cyril Darlington (1903–1981), cytogeneticist and evolutionist. From plasma + gene.
- histerid
- histic
- histidine
- histing
- histiocyte
- histiocytic
- histiocytoid
- histiocytosis
- histioid
- histiological
- histiology
- histo-
- histoblast
- histochemical
- histochemistry
- histocompatibility
- histocompatibility antigen
- histocompatible
- histogenesis
- histogenetic
- histogenetically
- histogenic
- histogenous
- histogeny
- histogram