BIOL 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28: Twin, Spermatocyte, Oogenesis

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Occurs when sperm is deposited close or in to the female reproductive system and gametes join with in the tract. Hermaphroditism - individual has both male and female reproduction system. Identical twins are formed when one egg is fertilized by one sperm, and divides into two halves. Identical twins are usually of the same sex. Fraternal twins are formed when two different egg cells are fertilized both by different sperm cells, so that two embryos are formed. Fraternal twins can be of the same or opposite sex and they don"t look at all alike. Primary spermatocyte - diploid cell that undergoes meiosis 1 in the testis. Secondary spermatocyte - a haploid cell that results from meiosis 1 in spermatogenesis and after meiosis 2 it becomes a sperm cell. Oogenesis - the development of mature egg cells. Primary oocyte - a diploid cell, in prophase 1 of meiosis, that can be hormonally triggered to develop into an egg.

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