The generation of spermatogonial stem cells and spermatogonia in mammals

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-23

  Kolasa, Agnieszka ^a   Misiakiewicz, Kamila ^a   Marchlewicz, Mariola ^a   Wiszniewska, Barbara ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Markers; Seminiferous epithelium; Spermatogonia; Spermatogonial stem cell

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MITOSIS; NEWBORN; REVIEW; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSIS; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84864071371     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1642-431X(12)60074-6     Document Type: Review

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