spermiogenesis

spermiogenesis (usually uncountable, plural spermiogeneses)

1. (biology) The final stage of spermatogenesis. It involves the maturation of the spermatids into spermatozoa.
   • 1998 June 19, Richard Emlet, “Developmental Diversity”, in Science‎, volume 280, number 5371, DOI:10.1126/science.280.5371.1902:

     Expanding the introductory section to include definitions of indirect and direct development and generalized descriptions of spermiogenesis, oocyte maturation and cytological organization, and fertilization would also help de-mystify these subjects for many readers.

   • 2001 November 16, Ningling Kang-Decker et al., “Lack of Acrosome Formation in Hrb-Deficient Mice”, in Science‎, volume 294, number 5546, DOI:10.1126/science.1063665, pages 1531-1533:

     In wild-type spermatids, Hrb is associated with the cytosolic surface of proacrosomic transport vesicles that fuse to create a single large acrosomic vesicle at step 3 of spermiogenesis.

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