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Spermatogenesis  

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  • The process of germ cell development in the male from the primordial germ cells, through SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATIDS; to the mature haploid SPERMATOZOA. The process of male germ cell development in which the haploid SPERMATIDS give rise to SPERMATOZOA by metamorphosis. The process of male germ cell development in which the euploid SPERMATOGONIA give rise to SPERMATOCYTES and then the haploid SPERMATIDS by MITOSIS and MEIOSIS.

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