Stages of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium of the viscacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-16

  Muñoz, Estela M ^a   Fogal, Teresa ^b   Dominguez, Susana ^a   Scardapane, Luis ^a   Guzmán, Jorge ^a   Cavicchia, Juan C ^b   Piezzi, Ramón S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lagostomus maximus maximus; Seasonal breeder; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA;

ANIMALIA; LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031654631     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199809)252:1<8::AID-AR2>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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