Male germ cells, or spermatogonia, do not enter meiosis until after puberty. Even then, only limited numbers of spermatogonia enter meiosis at any one time, such that adult males retain a pool of ...

In six to 10 weeks after fertilization, PGCs differentiate into pro-spermatogonia and oogonia, which are precursors to sperm and eggs, respectively. Mitinori Saitou, a professor of cell biology ...

As noted in a seminal publication by Leblond to describe the renewal of spermatogonia in the testis, “the reappearance at each cycle of a new dormant cell which acts as the stem cell of ...

Neha Tripathi, a senior studying Molecular and Cellular Biology and Public Health, is currently a member of the Matunis Lab. The lab, located at the School of Medicine, generally focuses on stem cell ...