SY 2. Unit 2.4 - Gametogenesis and Gamete Structure
SY 2. Unit 2.4 - Gametogenesis and Gamete Structure
SY 2. Unit 2.4 - Gametogenesis and Gamete Structure
Ch. 2
Reproduction in Lower and
Higher Animals
Unit 2.4 – Gametogenesis
Insemination
Human reproduction
Fertilization
Zygote Formation
Embryogenesis
Gestation
Parturition
Firdous Ansari (Asst. Teacher)
Biology Dept. (Jr. College)
Mithibai College
Gametogenesis
Process of formation of gametes in sexually reproducing animals.
Males Females
Testis Ovary
(germinal cells) (germinal cells)
Spermatogenesis Oogenesis
Starts at Puberty
Spermatozoa (n)
Firdous Ansari (Asst. Teacher)
Biology Dept. (Jr. College)
Mithibai College
Spermatogenesis
Non functional,
Spermatid (n) non motile
Spermiogenesis
• Length increases
• Proximal and Distal centrioles
rearrange
• Mitochondria spirally coiled
• Acrosome formed from Golgi complex.
Menarche Menopause
Larger Smaller
Firdous Ansari (Asst. Teacher)
Biology Dept. (Jr. College)
Ovum (n) 2nd Polar body
Mithibai College
Ovum – Rounded, non motile female gamete
Germinal vesicle
Large Nucleus 1st Polar body
In perivitelline space
Animal Pole
Firdous Ansari (Asst. Teacher)
Biology Dept. (Jr. College) ----------The End----------
Mithibai College