The testicular capsule and peritubular tissue of birds: Morphometry, histology, ultrastructure and immunohistochemistry

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 731-740

  Aire, T A ^a,b   Ozegbe, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Birds; Immunohistochemistry; Peritubular tissue; Structure; Testicular capsule; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EPIDIDYMIS; FOWL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MAMMAL; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEROSA; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TESTIS; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; COTURNIX; DESMIN; DUCKS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; TURKEYS; VIMENTIN;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; MAMMALIA; MYOIDA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 34249794854     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00726.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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