Testicular composition, number of a spermatogonia, germ cell ratios, and number of spermatids in three different breeds of boars

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-309

  Okwun, Okwun E ^a,b   Igboeli, Gaius ^c   Lunstra, Donald D ^d   Ford, J Joe ^d   Johnson, Larry ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

boar; Breed; testis composition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGONIUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGONIA; SWINE; TESTIS;

EID: 0029894604     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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