Non-random distribution of spermatogonia in rats: Evidence of niches in the seminiferous tubules

Reproduction

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 669-680

  Chiarini Garcia, H ^a   Raymer, A M ^b   Russell, L D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347382618     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1260669     Document Type: Article

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