Definition of Spermiogenesis

1. Noun. (biology) The final stage of spermatogenesis. It involves the maturation of the spermatids into spermatozoa. ¹

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Definition of Spermiogenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Medical Definition of Spermiogenesis

1. That segment of spermatogenesis during which immature spermatids become spermatozoa. Origin: sperm-+ G. Genesis, origin (05 Mar 2000)

Literary usage of Spermiogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1914)
"Notwithstanding the number of investigators who have studied spermiogenesis in mammalia. many of the details of this process cant, two days after birth. ..."

2. A Course in Normal Histology: A Guide for Practical Instruction in Histology by Rudolf Krause (1913)
"spermiogenesis. Looking at the section of the tubule at the right hand, different conditions present themselves. ..."

3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"Five were full grown, a sixth exhibited all stages of spermiogenesis except the very last—ie, the formation of the spiral filament at the expense of the ..."

4. The American Year Book by Simon Newton Dexter North, Francis Graham Wickware, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"Notwithstanding cent, of the entire area in a section; the number of investigators who have 40 to 00 per cent, at the end of one studied spermiogenesis in ..."

5. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"In spermiogenesis the centrosome gives rise to the end- knob, axial filament, and the posterior centrosome; the sphere substance to the acrosome; ..."

6. A Manual of histology by Henry Erdmann Radasch (1918)
"... undergoes maturation (spermiogenesis) four granddaughter cells are formed but these are all small and of the same size. ..."

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