To answer this question we need to look at where the gametes are produced in the case of males is in the seminiferous tubules, where are located the spermatogonia, which are the cells that through mitosis and meiosis produce mature sperm. In the case of females, the ovules are matured in the ovaries the ovules per se, are stored immature in the ovaries, that is to say, that a woman is born with a certain number of oocytes, that are the immature ovules.