Continuous spermatogenesis and the germ cell development strategy within the testis of the Jamaican Gray Anole, Anolis lineatopus

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 484-492

  Gribbins, K M ^a   Rheubert, J L ^a,b   Poldemann, E H ^a   Collier, M H ^a   Wilson, B ^c   Wolf, K ^c  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Anolis; Continuous spermatogenesis; Germ cells; Reproduction; Testes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; LIZARDS; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS LINEATOPUS; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 67651155770     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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