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SPERMATOGENESIS AND OOGENESIS 



LESS. 



distinguished by a peculiar condition of the nucleus. We 

 saw (p. 65) that the number of chromosomes is constant in 



A 



c 







C 







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FIG. 60. Spermatogenesis in the Mole-Cricket (Gryllotaipa}. 



A. Primitive sex-cell, just preparatory to division, showing twelve 

 chromosomes (c/ir] ; c, the centrosome. 



B. Sperm-mother-cell, formed by the division of A, and containing 

 twenty-four chromosomes. The centrosome has divided into two. 



C. The sperm-mother-cell has divided into two by a reducing division, 

 each daughter cell containing twelve chromosomes. 



D. Each daughter cell has divided again in the same manner, a 

 group of four sperm-cells being produced, each with six chromosomes. 



E. A single sperm-cell about to elongate to form a sperm. 



F. Immature sperm ; the six chromosomes are still visible in the 

 head. 



G. Fully formed sperm. 

 (After vom Rath.) 



