BIOM 3200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Paramesonephric Duct, Ejaculatory Duct, Seminiferous Tubule

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A particular gene on the y chromosome induces the embryonic gonads to become testes, embryonic testes secrete testosterone, which induces development of the male accessory sex organs. Females lack the y chromosome, and therefore develop ovaries, the lack of testes in a female embryo causes the development of the female accessory sex organs. In sexual reproduction germ cells (gamates: the sperm and the ova) are formed within the gonads (testes & ovaries) by a process of meiosis. During meiosis the normal number of chromosomes (46) is halved so that each gamate receives. Fusion of a sperm cell and an egg during fertilization results in a zygote with 46 chromosomes. The inherited 46 chromosomes result in 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes: two #1, two #2 two #22. Each pair (except sex chromosomes) look similar to one another, containing genes. Genomic imprinting is the expression of an allele which will be carried onward through cell division.

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