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gamete

cell that fuses during fertilisation, such as a sperm or egg cell
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Summary

gamete is a cell type[1]. gamete ranks in the top 2% of cell type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,194 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: haploid cell[3], reproductive cell[4]
  • Opposite of: spore[5]
  • Topic's main category: Q10224866[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], The New Student's Reference Work[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
  • Produced by: gametangium[12]
  • Develops from: germ cell[13]

Why It Matters

gamete has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] gamete is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Buirondd · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vikidia article id → fr:Gamète
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Vikidia article id: es:Gameto"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0450082-pohlavni-bunky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0450082-pohlavni-bunky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 1492, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  4. 22w ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Develops from → germ cell
    Instance of → cell type
    Opposite of → spore
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 129270"
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