Distribution of lectin bindings in the testes of the greater Japanese shrew mole, Urotrichus talpoides

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 205-210

  Mizukami, Takuo ^a   Kuwahara, Sachi ^b   Ohmura, Masako ^b   Iinuma, Yasuko ^b   Izumikubo, June ^b   Hagiwara, Mio ^b   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Nishida, Takao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Greater Japanese shrew mole; Histochemisty Testis; Lectin; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143049931     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.47.205     Document Type: Article

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