Organ or Tissue Function
gametogenesis Audio
gam·e·to·gen·e·sis [ guh-mee-tuh-jen-uh-sis, gam-i- ]
Subclass of:
Cell Differentiation process; Reproduction
Definitions related to gametogenesis:
  • Gametogenesis is the phase of sexual reproduction in which certain cells of a female or male individual (parent) are transformed into specialized reproductive cells (gametes) that will initiate development of a progeny individual (offspring) upon fertilization.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Process of germ cell development from the primordial germ cells to the mature haploid gametes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The process of germ cell development from the primordial GERM CELLS to the mature haploid GAMETES: ova in the female (OOGENESIS) or sperm in the male (SPERMATOGENESIS).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Gametogenesis, in embryology, the process by which gametes, or germ cells, are produced in an organism. The formation of egg cells, or ova, is technically called oogenesis, and the formation of sperm cells, or spermatozoa, is called...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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