Spermatogonium
Undifferentiated male germ cell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A spermatogonium (pl.: spermatogonia) is an undifferentiated male germ cell. Spermatogonia undergo spermatogenesis to form mature spermatozoa in the seminiferous tubules of the testis.
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There are three subtypes of spermatogonia in humans:
- Type A (dark) cells, with dark nuclei. These cells are reserve spermatogonial stem cells which do not usually undergo active mitosis.
- Type A (pale) cells, with pale nuclei. These are the spermatogonial stem cells that undergo active mitosis. These cells divide to produce Type B cells.
- Type B cells, which undergo growth and become primary spermatocytes.