Germ cells in vertebrate gonads are produced by:–

Options

A. Only mitosis
B. Only meiosis
C. Mitosis and meiosis both
D. Without cell division

Answer

C

Explanation

Germ cells in mammalian gonads first undergo mitosis to produce large no of germ mother cell. Some enter in growth phase, after that it divide mitotically to produce daughter cells having chromosome numbers half as compare to parent cell.