Number and function of Sertoli cells, number and yield of spermatogonia, and daily sperm production in three breeds of boar

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-149

  Okwun, O E ^a,b   Igboeli, G ^c   Ford, J J ^d   Lunstra, D D ^d   Johnson, L ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TESTIS;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029898335     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1070137     Document Type: Article

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