Testis development in the opossum Monodelphis domestica

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 393-406

  Xie, Q ^a   Mackay, S ^a,b   Ullmann, S L ^a   Gilmore, D P ^a   Payne, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leydig cell differentiation; Marsupials

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; INTERSTITIUM; KARYOTYPE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MESONEPHROS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OPOSSUMS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; TUBULOCRISTATA;

EID: 0029856609     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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