Germ cell maturation and cellular associations in the seminiferous epithelial cycle of the chimpanzee

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-148

  Smithwick, E B ^a   Young, L G ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Histology; Seminiferous tubules; Spermatogenesis; Stages; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHIMPANZEE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL; TESTIS CELL;

EID: 0029983357     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80002-4     Document Type: Article

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