Chromatin condensation during spermiogenesis in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus aureus): A flow cytometric study

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-112

  Golan, R ^a   Vigodner, M ^a   Oschry, Y ^a   Shochat, L ^a   Lewin, L M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Chromatin condensation; First spermatogenic wave; Flow cytometry; Hamster; Spermatids; Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CRICETINAE; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0034107474     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200005)56:1<105::AID-MRD13>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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