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What is gametogenesis?

What is gametogenesis? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (cytology) The process by which gametes are produced.
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Flies homozygous for such hypomorphic mutations reach adulthood, but often exhibit defects during the proliferative stages of gametogenesis.
Meiosis is the component of gametogenesis responsible for the segregation of homologous chromosomes into haploid gametes.
Suppose that, during meiosis in the female, gametogenesis occasionally goes wrong, and the two X chromosomes fail to disjoin.
Pond-breeding urodeles, such as A. texanum, exhibit postnuptial gametogenesis.
Males arise spontaneously through nondisjunction of the X chromosome during gametogenesis and the subsequent fusion with a normal gamete, yielding an XO individual.
During gametogenesis the microgametocyte replicates its genome three times in order to produce eight motile microgametes.

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