Slow increase of Sertoli cell efficiency and daily sperm production causes delayed establishment of full sexual maturity in the rodent Chinchilla lanigera

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 509-518

  Leal, M C ^a   Franca L R ^a  

^a Institute of Biological Sciences   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chinchilla; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia; Stereology; Testis

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINCHILLA; CYTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; THYMIDINE;

CHINCHILLA LANIGERA; CHINCHILLIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 57849092610     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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