Article
Spermatogenesis.
WormBook : the online review of C. elegans biology - 20 Feb 2006
L'Hernault Steven W
Abstract excerpt
Spermatogenesis creates functional sperm from an initially undifferentiated germ cell. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, both males and hermaphrodites engage in spermatogenesis. The hermaphrodite germ line, like that of the male, initiates spermatogenesis during the L4 larval stage. The her...
Topics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Cytoskeleton
- Fertilization
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Organelles
- Sex Characteristics
- Spermatogenesis