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Biology · Ch 10 — Animal Tissue

Germinal Epithelium

10.2.1.7

Germinal Epithelium

Germinal epithelium is composed of cells that divide meiotically to produce haploid gametes, rather than dividing to renew a lining as most epithelial tissue does.

Location: it lines the seminiferous tubules of the testis (producing sperm) and forms the inner lining of the ovary (producing ova). …