Spermatogenesis in human testicle, light micrographs

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Human testicle, light micrographs. The bottom micrograph shows a seminiferous tubule. In the top micrograph the cell types of the male germinal epithelium have been marked with colour. Seen are; Sertoli cells (light blue), elongated spermatids (red) and primary spermatocytes in meiosis, with zygotene phase cells in blue and pachytene phase cells in green.

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -, biological, biology, body, coloured, false-coloured, gametogenesis, healthy, histological, histology, human, leydig, light, lm, meiosis, micrograph, micrographs, microscopy, normal, pachytene, seminiferous, sertoli, spermatid, spermatocyte, spermatogenesis, spermatogonia, spermatozoa, testicle, zygotene