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Spermatocyte
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spermatocyte [spər′mad·ə‚sīt]
(histology)
A cell of the last or next to the last generation of male germ cells which differentiates to form spermatozoa.

Spermatocyte 

a male sexual cell derived from a spermatogonium. Two types of spermatocytés are distinguished: primary and secondary. Primary spermatocytes develop during the growth period, and secondary spermatocytés during the second meiotic division. The latter subsequently give rise to spermatids.



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[FIGURE 2 OMITTED] DISCUSSION During the first two stages of spermatogenesis involving maturation of the spermatogonia, in the course of formation of the primary spermatocytes, which undergo mitotic multiplication to give rise to secondary spermatocytes and during meiosis of the secondary spermatocytes in the course of which spermatids arise, germ cells contain a large central nucleus with heterochromatin granules of varied size and there are few organelles.
 
 
 
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