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Also known as spermatogonia

A spermatogonium (plural: spermatogonia) is an undifferentiated male germ cell. Spermatogonia undergo spermatogenesis to form mature spermatozoa in the seminiferous tubules of the testicles.

Key facts

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Spermatogonium
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Germinal_epithelium_testicle.svg
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Germinal epithelium of the testicle. 1 basal lamina, 2 spermatogonia, 3 spermatocyte 1st order, 4 spermatocyte 2nd order, 5 spermatid, 6 mature spermatid, 7 Sertoli cell, 8 tight junction (blood testis barrier)
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Testicle-histology-boar.jpg
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Histological section through testicular parenchyma of a boar. 1 Lumen of Tubulus seminiferus contortus, 2 spermatids, 3 spermatocytes, 4 spermatogonia, 5 Sertoli cell, 6 myofibroblasts, 7 Leydig cells, 8 capillaries
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Types of spermatogonia
  • Spermatogenesis
  • Male hormones
  • Sperm structure
  • Infertility
  • Diseases that cause infertility
  • Anticancer drugs
  • Additional images
  • See also
  • References

A spermatogonium (plural: spermatogonia) is an undifferentiated male germ cell. Spermatogonia undergo spermatogenesis to form mature spermatozoa in the seminiferous tubules of the testicles.

There are three subtypes of spermatogonia in humans:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “spermatogonium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.