spermiogenesis
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spermiogenesis (usually uncountable, plural spermiogeneses)
- (biology) The final stage of spermatogenesis. It involves the maturation of the spermatids into spermatozoa.
- 1998 June 19, Richard Emlet, “Developmental Diversity”, in Science[1], volume 280, number 5371, :
- Expanding the introductory section to include definitions of indirect and direct development and generalized descriptions of spermiogenesis, oocyte maturation and cytological organization, and fertilization would also help de-mystify these subjects for many readers.
- 2001 November 16, Ningling Kang-Decker et al., “Lack of Acrosome Formation in Hrb-Deficient Mice”, in Science[2], volume 294, number 5546, , pages 1531–1533:
- In wild-type spermatids, Hrb is associated with the cytosolic surface of proacrosomic transport vesicles that fuse to create a single large acrosomic vesicle at step 3 of spermiogenesis.
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final stage of spermatogenesis
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