Apoptosis during the seasonal spermatogenic cycle of Rana catesbeiana

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-29

  Sasso Cerri, Estela ^a   Cerri, Paulo Sérgio ^a   Freymüller, Edna ^b   Miraglia, Sandra Maria ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anurans; Apoptosis; Cell death; Germ cells; Testis; TUNEL method

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CELL DEATH; GERM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUMMER; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RANA CATESBEIANA; SEASONS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; TESTIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 33748287052     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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