Testis morphometry, seminiferous epithelium cycle length, and daily sperm production in domestic cats (Felis catus)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1554-1561

  França, Luiz R ^a   Godinho, Christiane L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leydig cells; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VOLUME; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COUNT; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MEIOSIS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; THYMIDINE;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037407123     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.010652     Document Type: Article

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