Seasonally activated spermatogenesis is correlated with increased testicular production of testosterone and epidermal growth factor in mink (Mustela vison)

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1593-1598

  Blottner, Steffen ^a   Schön, Jennifer ^b   Jewgenow, Katarina ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EGF; Mink; Season; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MINK; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; SEASON; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MINK; ORGAN SIZE; PLOIDIES; SEASONS; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 33745902273     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.01.041     Document Type: Article

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