Cycle length of spermatogenesis in shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) with high and low metabolic rates and different mating systems

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 833-840

  Parapanov, Roumen ^a   Nusslé, Sébastien ^a   Vogel, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Male reproductive tract; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SHREW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BASAL METABOLISM; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GERM CELLS; KINETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; ORGAN SIZE; S PHASE; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHREWS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CROCIDURA; CROCIDURA RUSSULA; MAMMALIA; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 34247520097     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.058073     Document Type: Article

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