The biology of spermatogenesis: The past, present and future

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1546, 2010, Pages 1459-1463

  Cheng, C Yan ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Meiosis; Mitosis; Seminiferous; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HORMONE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PROTEIN; RODENT; SPERM; TOXIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952784378     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0024     Document Type: Review

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