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spermatogonium

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spermatogonium /sper·ma·to·go·ni·um/ (-go´ne-um) pl. spermatogo´nia   an undifferentiated male germ cell, originating in a seminiferous tubule and dividing into two primary spermatocytes.
sper·mat·o·go·ni·um (spr-mt-gn-m, spûrm-t-)
n. pl. sper·mat·o·go·ni·a (-n-)
Any of the cells of the gonads in male organisms that are the progenitors of spermatocytes. Also called spermatoblast.

spermatogonium
[-gō′nē·əm] pl. spermatogonia
Etymology: Gk, sperma + gone, generation
a male germ cell that gives rise to a spermatocyte early in spermatogenesis.

spermatogonium [sper″mah-to-go´ne-um] (Gr.)
an undifferentiated male germ cell, originating in a seminal tubule and dividing into two spermatocytes.

spermatogonium
pl. spermatogonia [Gr.] an undifferentiated male germ cell, originating in a seminal tubule and dividing into a new generation of spermatogonia or into two spermatocytes.


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In males, examination of nuclear characteristics and cell size revealed that the germ cells could be classified into four stages: spermatogonium, spermatocyte, spermatid, and spermatozoa.
In males, examination of nuclear characteristics and cell size revealed that the germ cells could be classified into four stages: spermatogonium, spermatocyte, spermatid, and spermatozoa.
 
 
 
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