Fertile offspring derived from mouse spermatogonial stem cells cryopreserved for more than 14 years

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1249-1259

  Wu, Xin ^a   Goodyear, Shaun M ^a   Abramowitz, Lara K ^a   Bartolomei, Marisa S ^a   Tobias, John W ^a   Avarbock, Mary R ^a   Brinster, Ralph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Germ cells; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILE PERIOD; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; RABBIT; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

EID: 84860109703     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des077     Document Type: Article

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