Gametogenesis Flashcards
Pre embryonic period
0-2 weeks
Embryonic period
3-8 weeks
Fetal period
9th week till birth
Primordial germ cells are produced by
Epiblast - 2nd week
Pluripotent cells forms
all germ layers
Gonads are formed by
Primordial germ cells from epiblast
Abnormal migration of primordial germ cells to head and neck region
Carnio - pharyngeal teratoma
Abnormal migration of PGC to sacrococcygeal region
Sacrococcygeal teratoma
Reasons for formation of sacrococcygeal teratoma
Abnormal migration of PGC to sacrococcygeal region and persistence of primitive streak
Ability to form entire embryo and extra embryonic tissue
Totipotent cell
Forms all Germ layers
Plueripotent cell
Ability to form more than one category of cell
Multipotent cell
Ability to form one category of cell
Oligopotent cell
Ability to form one type of cell
Unipotent cell
Order of potency of cells
Toti > Pluri > Multi > Oligo > Uni
Equational division
Mitosis
Reduction division
Meiosis
Mitosis occurs in
Body cells
Meiosis occurs in
Germ cells
Crossing over does not take place in
Mitosis
Crossing Over takes place in
Meiosis
Daughter cells resemble parent in which type of division
Mitosis
Daughter cell does not resemble parents cell in
Meiosis
Phases of Meiosis
Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase - P-MAT
Stages in prophase
Leptotene, Zygotene, Pachytene, Diplotene.
Resting phase of Prophase -
Diplotene
Unequal division of cytoplasm is seen in
Oogenesis - Meiosis 1
A cell without cytoplasm
Polar body
Meiosis 2 is arrested in
Metaphase
Meiosis 1 is arrested in
Prophase - Diplotene stage
Corpus luteum persists for
12-14 days
Shrunken Corpus luteum is called
Corpus albicans
Polar bodies are not formed in
Males - spermatogenesis
Polar bodies are formed in which division
Meiosis 1 and 2
Spermiogenesis
Rearrangement of organelles - formation of tail, acrosomal cap, Shedding of Excess cytoplasm
Rearrangement of organelles of Spermatid - formation of tail, acrosomal cap, Shedding of Excess cytoplasm
Spermiogenesis
Spermatid to spermatozoa is called as
Spermiogenesis
one primary spermatocyte forms
4 spermatids
One Spermatogonium forms how many Spermatozoa
64-512
Time taken for spermatogenesis to complete
74 days
IN males meiosis occurs in
Seminiferous tubules
Sperm maturation and motility is attained in
Epididymis
Capacitation of sperms occurs in
Female genital tract
Conditioning of sperms is called as
Capacitation.
Totipotent cell - example
Zygote
Pluripotent cell - Example
PGC
Multipotent cell - Example
HSC, NSC, MSC.
Oligopotent cell - Example
Vascular stem cell