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Gemmule vs Germule - What's the difference?

gemmule | germule |

In biology|lang=en terms the difference between gemmule and germule

is that gemmule is (biology) a small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges while germule is (biology) a small germ.

As nouns the difference between gemmule and germule

is that gemmule is (biology) a small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges while germule is (biology) a small germ.

gemmule

English

Noun

(wikipedia gemmule) (en noun)
  • (biology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges
  • :1978 Patricia R. Bergquist, "Sponges"
  • ::The actual formation of gemmule's by fresh-water sponges is so clearly an adaptation to seasonal climatic changes, that at first it was reasonable to believe that seasonal alternation itself induced the ' gemmulation .
  • (obsolete) A hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity

    • Related terms

    *gemmulation

    References

    * Oxford Dictionaries

    germule

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A small germ.
    • (Webster 1913)