Germ cell loss in the XXY male mouse: Altered X-chromosome dosage affects prenatal development

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-111

  Hunt, Patricia A ^a   Worthman, Carol ^b   Levinson, Holland ^b   Stallings, Joy ^b   LeMaire, Renée ^a   Mroz, Karen ^a   Park, Cynthia ^c   Handel, Mary Ann ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Klinefelter syndrome; X chromosome dosage; XXY male

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GERM CELL; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DOSAGE; GERM CELLS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031973664     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199802)49:2<101::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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