Quantity rather than quality in teratospermic males: A histomorphometric and flow cytometric evaluation of spermatogenesis in the domestic cat (Felis catus)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1517-1524

  Neubauer, Katrin ^a   Jewgenow, Katarina ^a   Blottner, Steffen ^a   Wildt, David E ^b   Pukazhenthi, Budhan S ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Sertoli cells; Sperm; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL POPULATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TERATOSPERMIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 6444239999     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.031062     Document Type: Article

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