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Spermatogenesis

Inside the testes, stem cells become swimming sperm. They do it through meiosis, which cuts the chromosomes in half. That way egg + sperm make a full set. Step through it.

Spermatogonium

Spermatogenesisstem cell → sperm

The stages

📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Spermatogenesis reference figure
Spermatogenesis — Lu Y, Aitken RJ, Lin M, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)