Role of apoptosis and cell proliferation in the testicular dynamics of seasonal breeding mammals: A study in the Iberian mole, Talpa occidentalis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Dadhich, Rajesh K ^a,b   Real, Francisca M ^a   Zurita, Federico ^a   Barrionuevo, Francisco J ^a,c   Burgos, Miguel ^a   Jiménez, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell proliferation; Gametogenesis; Meiosis; Seasonal breeding; Seasonal reproduction; Spermatogonia; Talpa occidentalis; Testis

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREEDING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTIS; WINTER; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERMATOCYTE;

MAMMALIA; TALPA OCCIDENTALIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOLES; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS;

EID: 77954181403     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.080135     Document Type: Article

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