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What is the difference between Meiosis in males and females?

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Corné

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Corné , College student, MBA, Geneva

Answered Nov 03, 2020

What a lot of people do not realize is that meiosis in males and females will have the tendency to become a bit different. Meiosis in males would mean that there are four haploid spermatids that come in similar sizes. They are produced from each spermatogonium. In females, the cytoplasmic divisions that will occur when this process happens will be very asymmetric. The differences will happen between the sexes at various stages while cell division is happening. Take note that meiosis will happen during puberty while in females, meiosis will normally happen when the baby is born.
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C. Lopez

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C. Lopez, Chauffer, Chauffer, Watertown

Answered Oct 14, 2020

Meiosis, together with mitosis, are the two essential steps of cell division that ends up in the formation of new life. Meiosis usually occurs in two various stages, which are meiosis 2 and meiosis 1. In the male gender of humans, meiosis takes place in the testicles' seminiferous tubules.

Meanwhile, when it comes to the female human gender, meiosis takes place in cells, which are referred to as oogonia. Meiosis occurs in females at the stage of birth, while it occurs at the puberty stage in males. The primitive kidneys produce retinoic acid, which stimulates the meiosis process in females at the birth stage.

When it comes to the male human gender, retinoic acid formation is suppressed until the puberty stage by the tissues of the testis. The Sertoli cells would start to produce retinoic acid by themselves in order to overcome the suppression.

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W. Kaye

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W. Kaye, Ex-Marine, Post Graduate, Chapel Hill

Answered Oct 14, 2020

The process of meiosis in males and females is not the same. Meiosis is a reproductive process that explains certain steps during cell division. Meiosis in males and females occurs differently. In males, it occurs in the testicles, most especially in the seminiferous tubules. In contrast, meiosis occurs in the oogonia in females.

Another major difference between the two is the fact that meiosis occurs at birth in females, while it takes the attainment of puberty stage before it occurs in males. The reason for this of the input of the retinoic acid, which causes the process of meiosis to occur faster in females than in males.

In contrast, the formation of retinoic acid in males does not happen until the puberty stage. The process of meiosis starts with the reduction of the chromosomes through the splitting of the gametes. This process is very important, most especially as it ensures proper cell division during the formation of zygotes.

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Anthony Paul Bonadio

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Anthony Paul Bonadio, Teacher, MCA, PhD, Toledo

Answered Oct 12, 2020

Meiosis is a process that occurs in both men and women. During this process, one DNA round is replicated. After this replication, two rounds of cell division occur. Based on gender, the name of the process differs. The male meiosis is known as spermatogenesis. The female meiosis is called oogenesis.

As the parts of each male and female are different, where the process occurs will also differ. In males, the process of meiosis happens in the testicles, specifically in the seminiferous tubules. For females, meiosis occurs in the oogonia. For females, the process begins earlier, but in males, the process happens throughout their life.

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L. Sevigny

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L. Sevigny, Doctor, Las Vegas

Answered Apr 22, 2020

Meiosis is the specialized process that involves a single round of DNA replication, which is followed by two rounds of cell division. The chromosomes number is diminished into half during this process. Human male meiosis is termed spermatogenesis, whereas female meiosis is labeled as female oogenesis.

In human males, it occurs in the seminiferous tubules of the testicles, while it transpires in oogonia in females. The process takes place in two phases: Meiosis I and Meiosis II. Meiosis in males begins after puberty and persists throughout life.

However, in females, the process starts in the 12th week of fetal growth and it does not pick back up until puberty. Meiosis II takes place in males at puberty, while in females, it is initiated in fetal development. The female line diminishes to one enlarged haploid cell. On the other hand, the male line reduces to an equal number of haploid cells.

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J. Shatner

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J. Shatner, Content writer, Boston

Answered Apr 08, 2020

Human male meiosis is labeled as "spermatogenesis, whereas female meiosis is termed female oogenesis. In human males, it takes place on seminiferous tubules of the testicles. In females, it takes place in the oogonia. The process takes place in two steps. These are meiosis one and meiosis 2.

Meiosis is a kind of cell division that happens during sexual reproduction for sex cell formation. The significant difference between meiosis and gametogenesis is that meiosis is a cell division that results in four haploid cells from a diploid parent cell. Gametogenesis is the process of gamete formation.

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