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Gamete:

The male or female reproductive cells-the sperm or the egg (ovum).

Genes:

Substances that convey hereditary characteristics. They consist primarily of DNA and proteins and they occur at specific points on the chromosomes.

Gestation:

This is the period of fetal development in the uterus from conception to birth, usually considered to be forty weeks in humans.

Gestational Carrier:

A woman who serves as a "host uterus", who Surrogacy gestates an embryo which is not genetically relate to her, and then relinquishes the child to its genetic parents.

Gland:

This is a hormone producing organ.

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