spermatogonium (English)
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    Contributed by: Mousumi Konwar on 2023-11-20
    1. A spermatogonium (plural: spermatogonia) is an undifferentiated male germ cell. Spermatogonia undergo spermatogenesis to form mature spermatozoa in the seminiferous tubules of the testicles. == Subtypes == Spermatogonia are often classified into different types depending on their stage in the differentiation process. In humans and most mammals, spermatogonia are divided into two types, A and B, but this can differ for other organisms. There are three subtypes of spermatogonia in humans: Type A (dark) cells, with dark nuclei. These cells are reserve spermatogonial stem cells which do not usually undergo active mitosis. Type A (pale) cells, with pale nuclei. These are the spermatogonial stem cells that undergo active mitosis. These cells divide to produce Type B cells. Type B cells, which undergo growth and become primary spermatocytes. These 3 different subtypes get distinguished based on nuclear morphology: Adark has a homogeneously dense, deeply stained chromatin with at least one chromatin... from wikipedia.org