Questions and Answers
What are gametes derived from?
Primordial germ cells
When do primordial germ cells originate?
During week 2
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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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