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spermatocyte

A spermatocyte is a male germ cell that is going through the process of meiosis. Recombination of genetic material between homologous chromosomes (crossing over) occurs in each primary spermatocyte, which will then divide to produce two haploid secondary spermatocytes. Each secondary spermatocyte divides again to produce a total of four spermatids.