spermatocyte en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English spermato- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English spermatocyte From spermato- + -cyte.
Meanings
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A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.
Fragments of laminin chains can act as biologically active peptides to perturb the blood–testis barrier (BTB) permeability function by accelerating protein endocytosis (e.g., occludin) at the site, thereby destabilizing the BTB integrity to facilitate the transit of preleptotene spermatocytes.
2015 August 26, “A Catalog of Proteins Expressed in the AG Secreted Fluid during the Mature Phase of the Chinese Mitten Crabs ( Eriocheir sinensis )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:The spermatogonia continue to reside in the gonocyst and form spermatocyte, which begins to increase in size.
2013, Rabindra N. Chatterjee, Lucas Sanchez, Genome Analysis in Eukaryotes, page 71:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spermatocytes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
spermatocytogenesis · spermatocytal · spermatocytic
Hypernyms
Synonyms
spermatoblast · spermoblast · nematoblast
Translations (6)
es espermatocito (male gametocyte) · sv spermatocyt (male gametocyte) · pl spermatocyt (male gametocyte) · ca espermatòcit (male gametocyte) · fi spermatosyytti (male gametocyte) · it spermatocito (male gametocyte)