Calculation of spermatogenic transformations based on dual-flow cytometric analysis of testicular tissue in seasonal breeders

Andrologia

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 331-337

  Blottner, S ^a   Roelants, H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Meiosis; Mitosis; Seasonal breeders; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; DEER; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HARE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MINK; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031730196     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1998.tb01179.x     Document Type: Article

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