GAMETOGENESIS

JUNDEL M. GALERA
 OUTLINE
GAMETOGENESIS

a. Oogenesis
stages of meiosis in the female ovarian maturation,
hormones and cycles ovulation

b. Spermatogenesis
stages of meiosis in the male differentiation
(spermiogenesis)
 SOME TERMS

Gamete: egg or sperm

Gametogenesis: production of eggs or sperm

Oogenesis: production of eggs

Spermatogenesis: production of sperm

Spermiogenesis: differentiation of sperm morphology

Follicle: where eggs mature in the ovary

Ovulation: release of egg from follicle

Polar body: nonfunctional product of meiotic divisions in oogenesis

Zygote: Fertilized egg

 SOME MORE TERMS

Oogonia: mitotically dividing cells in the ovary, will become Oocytes

Primary oocyte: decision has been made to undergo meiosis, cell has grown. Cells
are arrested at this stage until puberty.

Secondary oocyte: has completed first meiotic division the division was unequal in
terms of cytoplasm

Ovum: Ovulated egg, ready to be fertilized. If fertilized, the second meitoic

division will occur, another polar body will be given off.
Spermatogenesis
 Spermatogenic cycle

The following is an example of how the number of spermatozoa is increased by repetitive mitotic
divisions of spermatogonial cells followed by the two meiotic divisions. There are actually more than 4
types of spermatogonia, so the actual number of mature spermatozoa originating from the initial division
of a type A1 spermatogonium is actually greater than 96.
A1 24 primary spermatocytes
First meiotic division lasts
Mitosis several weeks in humans
Reductional division
Meiosis I

2A1 48 secondary spermatocytes

Second meiotic division takes
Mitosis about 8 hours in humans
Meiosis II Equational division

A1 3A2 Mitosis
96 spermatids An entire spermatogenic cycle in
humans takes about 64 days.
Mitosis

6B1
Spermiogenesis
Mitosis
= Spermateleosis
= Spermatozoan metamorphosis

12B2

96 mature spermatozoa

The maturing spermatids remain attached by cytoplasmic bridges as they mature => syncytium