Specific arrests of spermatogenesis in genetically modified and mutant mice

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 267-276

  De Rooij, D G ^a,b   De Boer, P ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROPHASE; RATS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 1842475914     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076812     Document Type: Review

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