WORKSHEET NO.

16
GAMETOGENESIS

Name:__________________________________________ Date:_________________
Course and Year:_________________________________

Objectives:
1. Define gametogenesis.
2. Identify the different stages of gametogenesis.
3. Differentiate oogenesis and spermatogenesis
4. Discuss the significance of meiosis.

Procedure:
Create and label a diagrammatic outline of the process of spermatogenesis and
oogenesis in your worksheet, using a hypothetical animal with a chromosome number
of 4. The diagram begins with a single spermatogonium and oogonium. Use a red pencil
to denote the maternal chromosomes and blue pencil to denote the paternal
chromosomes. Consult your textbook and lecture notes for more thorough
understanding of these processes.
Questions:
1. Explain how fertilization restores the diploid number of chromosome in new
individual of a species.
2. In an organism with a haploid chromosome number of 8,how many
chromosomes are present in the spermatogonium? In a primary spermatocyte?
In secondary spermatocyte? In a first polocyte? In secondary polocyte?