spermatocyteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From spermato- +‎ -cyte.

名詞

spermatocyte (plural spermatocytes)

1. (cytology) A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.
   • 2013, Rabindra N. Chatterjee, Lucas Sanchez, Genome Analysis in Eukaryotes, page 71:

     The spermatogonia continue to reside in the gonocyst and form spermatocyte, which begins to increase in size.

   • 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:

     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.

同意語

• nematoblast
• spermatoblast
• spermoblast

上位語

• gametocyte

等位語

• oocyte

派生語