spermatogonium
noun
one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
spermatogonial
-
a word derived from
spermatogonium.
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"We didn't want to impact the spermatogonial stem cells, because if you kill those, a man will never become fertile again," Cohen said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
“The barrier is that we don’t yet know how to maintain human spermatogonial stem cells in culture,” Orwig says.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 21, 2022
Researchers have already removed these spermatogonial stem cells from mice and grown millions in culture.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 21, 2022
Discouragingly, in mice, spermatogonial stem cells only survive when placed into newborn animals, which isn’t a realistic option for humans.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 21, 2022
Figure 228 is the last spermatogonial mitosis, and figure 229 shows the element x, and the chromosomes paired at one pole of the spindle.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Nettie Maria Stevens
