Spermatogonial stem cells: Questions, models and perspectives

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-282

  Ehmcke, Jens ^a   Wistuba, Joachim ^b   Schlatt, Stefan ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germ cell transplantation; Phylogeny; Species specific differences; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE PARAMETERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CLONE CELLS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RATS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33645825206     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmk001     Document Type: Review

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