primary spermatocyte
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primary spermatocyte — n a diploid spermatocyte that has not yet undergone meiosis * * * a diploid cell that has derived from a spermatogonium and can subsequently begin meiosis and divide into two haploid secondary spermatocytes … Medical dictionary
primary spermatocyte — primary spermatocyte. См. сперматоцит первого порядка. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
primary spermatocyte — noun : a cell of the next to last generation preceding the spermatozoon * * * Cell Biol. See under spermatocyte. [1895 1900] … Useful english dictionary
primary spermatocyte — A stage in the differentiation of the male germ cells. Spermatogonia differentiate into primary spermatocytes, showing a considerable increase in size in doing so; primary spermatocytes divide into secondary spermatocytes … Dictionary of molecular biology
Spermatocyte — Infobox Anatomy Name = male Latin = GraySubject = 258 GrayPage = 1243 Caption = Transverse section of a tubule of the testis of a rat. X 250. Caption2 = Scheme showing analogies in the process of maturation of the ovum and the development of the… … Wikipedia
spermatocyte — The premeiotic parental cell of the spermatids; the primary spermatocyte before the initiation of the first meiotic division; the secondary spermatocyte after completion of the first meiotic division, but before the initiation of the second… … Glossary of Biotechnology
spermatocyte — spermatocytal, adj. /sperr mat euh suyt , sperr meuh teuh /, n. Cell Biol. a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids. [1885 90;… … Universalium
spermatocyte — Parent cell of a spermatid, derived by mitotic division from a spermatogonium. [spermato + G. kytos, cell] primary s. the s. derived by a growth phase from a spermatogonium … Medical dictionary
spermatocyte — n. a cell produced as an intermediate stage in the formation of spermatozoa (see spermatogenesis). Spermatocytes develop from spermatogonia in the walls of the seminiferous tubules of the testis; they are known as either primary or secondary… … The new mediacal dictionary
secondary spermatocyte — n a spermatocyte that is produced by division of a primary spermatocyte in the first meiotic division, that has a haploid number of chromosomes in forms (as the human male) having a single centromere, and that divides in the second meiotic… … Medical dictionary
