Light microscopic observations on the reproductive tract of the male sand rat, Psammomys obesus

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-115

  Sprando, R L ^a   Collins, T F X ^a   Black, T N ^a   Olejnik, N ^a   Rorie, J I ^a   West, L J ^a   Bowers, J D ^a   Sass, N ^a   Robl, M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Psammomys obesus; Reproductive tract; Sand rats; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033081934     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0003     Document Type: Article

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