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gametogenesis
Process of formation of gametes from their germ cells. During this process, the number of chromosomes is reduced from diploid (46) to haploid (23) through meiosis. While maturation of the male gamete occurs through the mechanism called spermatogenesis, maturation of the female gamete occurs with ovogenesis.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Anatomy, physiology and embryology
Level of specialization High
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Gender relationship No
Specific to one sex No
Variants
Hypernym
germ cell development
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

gametogénesis

Valenciano

gametogènesi
Associated concepts
Type of
process
phase
Examples
NOA shows highly heterogeneous clinical manifestations depending on the affected stage of gametogenesis. 
In summary, our findings suggest that aneuploidies in the human embryo are mainly the consequence of the inheritance of an abnormal pool of transcripts, which could cause either a meiotic error during gametogenesis or a mitotic error during the first cleavages of the embryo development. 
Collocations
WITH ADJECTIVES
human | male | female || delayed || in vitro gametogenesis
WITH PREPOSITIONS
during gametogenesis
WITH VERBS
gametogenesis produces