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This statement is incorrect. Spermatogenesis requires a lower temperature to occur.
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e
It requires a normal body temperature
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This statement is incorrect. Oogenesis results in the production of a finite number of oocytes as the ovaries have no stem cells. In spermatogenesis, there are an infinite number of sperm produced as the testis has a stem cell population.
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d
It results in the production of a finite number of sperm
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This statement is incorrect. The process of spermatogenesis in males is continuous, unlike oogenesis which is discontinuous with periods of arrest.
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b
It is discontinuous
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This statement is incorrect, sperm cells are highly motile. It is female gametes that are immotile.
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c
It results in the production of immotile gametes
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Unlike oogenesis, where meiosis begins before birth and where the initial stimulus is not steroidal, in spermatogenesis meiosis is indirectly dependent on progesterone which increases significantly during puberty.
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a
Meiosis begins at puberty
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Chapter
2693
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Spermatogenesis
Topic
175
Reproductive Physiology
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Which of these statements is correct regarding spermatogenesis?
a