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Do primary Spermatocytes undergo mitosis?


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Primary Spermatocytes:

  1. These are the diploid cells.
  2. They are derived from spermatogonia by the process of mitosis.
  3. Mitosis refers to the type of cell division in which the parent cell divides into two similar daughter cells with the same genetic material as in the parent cell.
  4. No, primary spermatocytes do not undergo mitosis.
  5. They undergo meiosis to form four haploid spermatids.


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