Spermatogenesis

"Spermatogenesis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The process of germ cell development in the male from the primordial germ cells, through SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATIDS; to the mature haploid SPERMATOZOA.

Descriptor ID	D013091
MeSH Number(s)	G04.152.650.624 G08.686.784.310.760
Concept/Terms	Spermatogenesis Spermatogenesis Spermiogenesis Spermiogenesis Spermatocytogenesis Spermatocytogenesis

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Spermatogenesis".

Biological Sciences [G]
Cell Physiological Phenomena [G04]
Cell Differentiation [G04.152]
Gametogenesis [G04.152.650]
Spermatogenesis [G04.152.650.624]
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena [G08]
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena [G08.686]
Reproduction [G08.686.784]
Gametogenesis [G08.686.784.310]
Spermatogenesis [G08.686.784.310.760]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Spermatogenesis".

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Spermatogenesis
Sperm Maturation

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Spermatogenesis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Spermatogenesis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 111 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	0	2
1997	1	0	1
1998	2	3	5
1999	0	2	2
2000	1	0	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	1	3	4
2003	1	2	3
2004	3	2	5
2005	2	1	3
2006	3	0	3
2007	5	4	9
2008	4	0	4
2009	2	2	4
2010	2	0	2
2011	4	2	6
2012	3	1	4
2013	4	3	7
2014	4	2	6
2015	5	0	5
2016	1	2	3
2017	2	1	3
2018	2	1	3
2019	4	1	5
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	1	2
2022	3	2	5
2023	0	8	8
2024	0	1	1
2025	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Spermatogenesis" by people in Profiles.

Holmlund H, Yamauchi Y, Tekayev M, Jakobs S, Robin A, Fujii W, Ward MA. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in of the murine Y chromosomal genes Zfy1 and Zfy2. BMC Genomics. 2025 Dec 19; 27(1):88.

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Holmlund H, Coul?e M, Yamauchi Y, Yarbabaeva B, Tekayev M, Garcia IR, Feudjio OU, de la Iglesia A, Larcombe L, Ellis PJI, Cocquet J, Ward MA. Large-scale transcriptomic analyses reveal downstream target genes of ZFY1 and ZFY2 transcription factors in male germ cells. Cell Death Differ. 2026 Feb; 33(2):392-410.

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Uboh N, Vargas S, Diaz VD, Hermann BP. Spatial Transcriptomic Analyses of Spermatogenesis. Methods Mol Biol. 2025; 2954:49-94.

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Wang Z, Wang Y, Zhou T, Chen S, Morris D, Magalh?es RDM, Li M, Wang S, Wang H, Xie Y, McSwiggin H, Oliver D, Yuan S, Zheng H, Mohammed J, Lai EC, McCarrey JR, Yan W. The rapidly evolving X-linked MIR-506 family fine-tunes spermatogenesis to enhance sperm competition. Elife. 2024 Apr 19; 13.

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Yan W, McCarrey JR. All eyes on FOXC2. Elife. 2023 08 10; 12.

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Holmlund H, Yamauchi Y, Ruthig VA, Cocquet J, Ward MA. Return of the forgotten hero: the role of Y chromosome-encoded Zfy in male reproduction. Mol Hum Reprod. 2023 07 31; 29(8).

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Kirsanov O, Johnson TA, Niedenberger BA, Malachowski TN, Hale BJ, Chen Q, Lackford B, Wang J, Singh A, Schindler K, Hermann BP, Hu G, Geyer CB. Retinoic acid is dispensable for meiotic initiation but required for spermiogenesis in the mammalian testis. Development. 2023 07 15; 150(14).

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Virgous C, Lyons L, Sakwe A, Nayyar T, Goodwin S, Hildreth J, Osteen K, Bruner-Tran K, Alawode O, Bourne P, Hills ER, Archibong AE. Resumption of Spermatogenesis and Fertility Post Withdrawal of Hydroxyurea Treatment. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 May 27; 24(11).

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Li D, Huang S, Chai Y, Zhao R, Gong J, Zhang QC, Ou G, Wen W. A paternal protein facilitates sperm RNA delivery to regulate zygotic development. Sci China Life Sci. 2023 10; 66(10):2342-2353.

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Singh A, Hermann BP. Conserved Transcriptome Features Define Prepubertal Primate Spermatogonial Stem Cells as Adark Spermatogonia and Identify Unique Regulators. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Mar 01; 24(5).

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