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male germ cell

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000015


A germ cell that supports male gamete production. In some species, non-germ cells known as Sertoli cells also play a role in spermatogenesis. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-3432 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29462262 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:72290
  • ncithesaurus:Spermatogenic_Cell
  • MA:0002765
  • VHOG:0001531
prefLabel

Sperm cell

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/cell-ontology/issues/574