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Spermatocyte vs Spermatid - What's the difference?

spermatocyte | spermatid |

As nouns the difference between spermatocyte and spermatid

is that spermatocyte is a male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops while spermatid is a haploid cell, produced by meiosis of a spermatocyte, that develops into a spermatozoon.

spermatocyte

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.

    • Hypernyms

    * gametocyte

    Coordinate terms

    * oocyte

    Derived terms

    * spermatocytal

    spermatid

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia spermatid) (en noun)
  • (biology) A haploid cell, produced by meiosis of a spermatocyte, that develops into a spermatozoon