GRE Subject Test: Biology › Understanding Gametogenesis
What is a key difference between spermatogenesis and oogenesis?
Spermatogenesis results in 4 sperm; oogenesis results in only 1 egg.
Spermatogenesis results in only 1 sperm; oogenesis results in 4 eggs.
Spermatogenesis results in 2 sperm; oogenesis results in only 1 egg.
Spermatogenesis results in 8 sperm; oogenesis results in only 4 eggs.
Spermatogenesis results in only 1 sperm; oogenesis results in 2 eggs.
When a female ovulates, in what phase of division is the oocyte?
Metaphase II
Metaphase I
Prophase II
Prophase I
Anaphase I
What is the "Dictyate state?"
An oogenetic ‘stasis’ between embryo and puberty
A meiosis stabilizing factor
The primordial follicle
The state between fertilization and the start of gonadotropin production
Pre-vitellegenic stage in fetal development