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NEET 2008
Exam
NEET
Year
2008
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Human Reproduction

NEET 2008 · Zoology · Human Reproduction

In humans, at the end of the first meiotic division, the male germ...

In humans, at the end of the first meiotic division, the male germ cells differentiate into the

Options

  1. Aprimary spermatocytes
  2. Bsecondary spermatocytes
  3. Cspermatids
  4. Dspermatogonia

Correct answer

B. secondary spermatocytes

Step-by-step solution

At sexual maturity the germ cells in human male divide several times by mitosis to produce a large number of spermatogonia. In growth phase each spermatogonium actively grows to a larger primary spermatocyte by obtaining a nourishment from the nurshing cells. In maturation phase each primary spermatocyte undergoes two successive divisions called maturation divisions. The primary spermatocyte undergoes first maturation division (meiotic) to producing two haploid daughter cells called secondary spermatocytes. Both secondary spermatocytes undergo second maturation division to form four haploid spermatids. The transformation of spermatids into spermatozoa is called spermiogenesis or spermateliosis.
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