Position and histological structure of the testes in the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) during seasonal regression and recrudescence

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-82

  Simeunovic B ^a   Strbenc M ^a   Bavdek, S V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LAGOMORPH; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCROTUM; SEASON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; LAGOMORPHA; MALE; SCROTUM; SEASONS; TESTIS;

EID: 0034169999     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2000.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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