Postnatal differentiation of the ductus deferens, tail of the epididymis, and distal body of the epididymis in goats occurs independently of rete testis fluid

Anatomical Record

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 508-520

  Goyal, Hari O ^a   Williams, Carol S ^a   Khalil, Mohammed K ^a   Vig, Madan M ^a   Maloney, M A ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Ductus deferens; Epididymis; Postnatal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COATED VESICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOAT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PINOCYTOSIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; VAS DEFERENS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GOATS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0033120996     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990401)254:4<508::AID-AR6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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