Spermatid

spermatid

[′spər·məd·əd]

(histology)

A male germ cell immediately before assuming its final typical form.

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Spermatid

 

a developing male sexual cell during spermatogenesis. Spermatids are formed in groups of four from secondary spermatocytes as a result of the second meiotic division. They are haploid and do not divide. After passing through a cycle of structural changes, they develop into spermatozoa.

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