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What are gametes derived from?
What are gametes derived from?
Primordial germ cells
When do primordial germ cells originate?
When do primordial germ cells originate?
During week 2
Where do primordial germ cells migrate to during gastrulation?
Where do primordial germ cells migrate to during gastrulation?
The wall yolk sac through the primitive streak
When do primordial germ cells arrive at the developing gonads?
When do primordial germ cells arrive at the developing gonads?
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What process do primordial germ cells undergo to reduce gametes to haploid?
What process do primordial germ cells undergo to reduce gametes to haploid?
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True or false: Primordial germ cells originate from the postimplantation epiblast cells during week 2?
True or false: Primordial germ cells originate from the postimplantation epiblast cells during week 2?
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True or false: PGCs migrate to the wall yolk sac through the primitive streak during gastrulation?
True or false: PGCs migrate to the wall yolk sac through the primitive streak during gastrulation?
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True or false: PGCs divide and increase in number during migration?
True or false: PGCs divide and increase in number during migration?
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True or false: PGCs undergo gametogenesis, which reduces the gametes to haploid by meiosis?
True or false: PGCs undergo gametogenesis, which reduces the gametes to haploid by meiosis?
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True or false: SRY gene influences the formation of testes?
True or false: SRY gene influences the formation of testes?
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