Novel stage classification of human spermatogenesis based on acrosome development

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Muciaccia, Barbara ^a   Boitani, Carla ^a   Berloco, B Pasquale ^a   Nudo, Francesco ^a   Spadetta, Gustavo ^a   Stefanini, Mario ^a   de Rooij, Dirk G ^a   Vicini, Elena ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Cycle of the seminiferous epithelium; Human reproduction; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ACROSOME; ADULT; AGED; ANDROLOGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAM (SHEEP); SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ACROSOME; CYCLE OF THE SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; HUMAN REPRODUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ACROSOME; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889590715     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.111682     Document Type: Article

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