Quantitative Study on Guinea Pig Spermatogenesis Shows a Relative High Percentage of Early Meiotic Prophase Stages

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 493-504

  Rodríguez, Rosana E ^a   Wettstein, Rodolfo M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Chromosome bouquet; Leptotene; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis; Zygotene

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; DNA CONTENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2442560315     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20037     Document Type: Article

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