spermiogenesis

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Etymology

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Noun

spermiogenesis (usually uncountable, plural spermiogeneses)

1. (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, →DOI:

     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, →DOI, 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.

Related terms

• spermiogenic
• spermioteleosis

Translations

final stage of spermatogenesis

• Catalan: espermiogènesi f
• Italian: spermiogenesi (it) f
• Spanish: espermiogénesis f