An overview of cell renewal in the testis throughout the reproductive cycle of a seasonal breeding teleost, the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 593-601

  Chaves Pozo, Elena ^a   Mulero, Victoriano ^a   Meseguer, José ^a   García Ayala, Alfonsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gametogenesis; Seasonal reproduction; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; BREEDING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; FIBROBLAST; FISH; GERM CELL; GERM LAYER; GONAD; HERMAPHRODITISM; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY CYCLE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REST; REVIEW; SEASON; SERTOLI CELL; SPARUS AURATA; SPAWNING; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TELEOST; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GERM CELLS; HERMAPHRODITISM; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEA BREAM; SEASONS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SPARUS AURATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 14044277555     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.036103     Document Type: Review

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