Describe the structure of a mature human sperm.
Human Reproduction
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Spermatogenesis begins at puberty and continues throughout life, while oogenesis begins in foetal life and is completed only at fertilisation. Spermatogenesis gives four functional sperms from each primary spermatocyte, while oogenesis gives one ovum and three polar bodies from each primary oocyte. Spermatogenesis occurs in the testes and oogenesis in the ovaries.
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The unequal division in oogenesis conserves the cytoplasm for the single ovum.
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Describe the structure of a mature human sperm.
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