Histological description of seminiferous epithelium and cycle length of spermatogenesis in the water shrew Neomys fodiens (Mammalia: Soricidae)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 148-160

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BrdU; Cycle of spermatogenesis; Neomys fodiens; Sperm competition; Testis size

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SHREW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SHREWS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CROCIDURA RUSSULA; MAMMALIA; NEOMYS FODIENS; SOREX ARANEUS; SOREX PALUSTRIS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 40549130534     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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