spermatogonium
noun
one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
spermatogonia
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pluralof spermatogonium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The experiment did not work in males, likely because spermatogonia go through normal mitotic cell division before meiosis, stymying HDR.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 10, 2018
Two identical diploid cells result from spermatogonia mitosis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Oogonia are formed during fetal development, and divide via mitosis, much like spermatogonia in the testis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Also, human spermatogonia will probably freeze well, so that men about to undergo chemotherapy might be able to have stem cells frozen and later transplanted back into their testes.
From Time Magazine Archive
In two new cases the male somatic number and size have been shown to be the same as in the spermatogonia.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Nettie Maria Stevens
