A re-examination of proliferation and differentiation of type A spermatogonia in the adult rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1596-1604

  Simorangkir, D R ^a   Marshall, G R ^b   Plant, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHATHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiated spermatogonia; Primate; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Undifferentiated spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CYTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TIME;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69149103834     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep051     Document Type: Article

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