Postnatal Sertoli and Leydig cell proliferation and the establishment of puberty and sexual maturity in Chinchilla lanigera (Rodentia, Chinchillidae)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 665-673

  Leal, Marcelo C ^a   França, Luiz R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chinchilla; Spermatogenesis; Stereology; Testis development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINCHILLA; CHINCHILLA LANIGERA; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; HISTOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; RODENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERMATID; STEREOMETRY; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINCHILLA; EPIDIDYMIS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CHINCHILLA LANIGERA; CHINCHILLIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 46949104294     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07134     Document Type: Article

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