Cycle of the seminiferous epithelium in a marsupial species, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), and estimation of its duration

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-313

  Lin, Minjie ^a,b   Harman, Amanda ^a   Fletcher, Terry P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Spermatogenesis; Thymidine labelling

Indexed keywords

RESIN; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBEDDING; GERM CELL; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRICHOSURUS;

ALOPIAS; EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 3442888298     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD02059     Document Type: Article

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