Identification of the starting point for spermatogenesis and characterization of the testicular stem cell in adult male rhesus monkeys

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1185-1193

  Ehmcke, Jens ^a   Simorangkir, David R ^a   Schlatt, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaca mulatta; Non human primates; Proliferation; Rhesus monkey; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; RHESUS MONKEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS CELL;

EID: 20344390257     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh766     Document Type: Article

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