Seasonal changes in spermatogenesis and immunolocalization of inhibin/activin subunits in the wild male ground squirrel (Citellus dauricus Brandt)

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 460-464

  Sheng, Xia ^a   Zhang, Haolin ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Song, Moshi ^a   Zhang, Mengyuan ^a   Li, Ben ^a   Weng, Qiang ^a,b   Watanabe, Gen ^b,c   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^b,c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ground squirrel (Citellus dauricus Brandt); Immunohistochemistry; Inhibin; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CITELLUS DAURICUS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SUS;

EID: 58549120828     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20032     Document Type: Article

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