Stage and season effects on cell cycle and apoptotic activities of germ cells and Sertoli cells during spermatogenesis in the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Reproduction

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-102

  McClusky, Leon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOGFISH; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; SEASONS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 12744253502     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00177     Document Type: Article

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