Definition of spermatid in English:
spermatid
nounˈspəːmətɪdˈspərməˌtid
Biology An immature male sex cell formed from a spermatocyte, which may develop into a spermatozoon without further division.
Example sentencesExamples
- Three trained observers reviewed each stallion's histology slides by quantifying the number of spermatids within 25 cross-sectioned round seminiferous tubules.
- The hypothesis was confirmed in experiments using phase-contrast microscopy, which showed the presence of individualized spermatids in the mutant testes.
- Rates of protein evolution were fastest for genes expressed during the dramatic morphogenesis of round spermatids into spermatozoa.
- These haploid cells - now called spermatids - thus contain 23 single half chromosomes.
- Spermatocytes, the progenitors of spermatids, are biosynthetically active cells, producing all the components that will be needed in the mature spermatozoa.