In zoology, a segment or unit of an organism's body that contains reproductive organs or is involved in reproduction.
From Greek 'gono-' (reproductive) and '-mere' (part/segment), combining to mean 'reproductive segment.' Used primarily in the study of segmented animals.
In segmented worms and similar creatures, gonomeres show how bodies can be divided into specialized modules—some segments handle movement, others handle digestion, and gonomeres handle reproduction!
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