Cell
spermatogonium
sper·mat·o·go·ni·um [ spur-mat-uh-goh-nee-uhm, spur-muh-tuh- ]
Subclass of:
sperm cell
Definitions related to spermatogonia:
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Euploid male germ cells of an early stage of SPERMATOGENESIS, derived from prespermatogonia. With the onset of puberty, spermatogonia at the basement membrane of the seminiferous tubule proliferate by mitotic then meiotic divisions and give rise to the haploid SPERMATOCYTES.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(spermatogonium) An undeveloped male germ cell. Spermatogonia develop into primary spermatocytes.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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