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Gametogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster by Tricia Barot is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes gametogenesis in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. It describes how sperm formation (spermatogenesis) occurs in the testes through mitotic and meiotic cell divisions. Egg formation (oogenesis) occurs in the ovaries, where one cytoblast undergoes divisions to form 16 connected cytocytes, with one becoming the oocyte and 15 becoming nurse cells to nourish the oocyte. The oocyte and nurse cells are surrounded by follicle cells to form the egg, which develops a protective vitelline
- Author
- Tricia Barot
- Language
- EN