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Spermatogenesis takes place in two meiotic steps (M1 and M2). Four haploid sperm cells arise thereby from one spermatocyte 1, two with a Y and two with an X chromosome. The sperm cells thus determine the gender of the descendents. |
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M1
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Meiosis 1
Meiosis 2
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