Spermatogonial Stem Cells and Spermatogenesis

Knobil and Neill's Physiology of Reproduction: Two-Volume Set

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 595-635

  Valli, Hanna ^a   Phillips, Bart T ^a   Orwig, Kyle E ^a   Gassei, Kathrin ^a   Nagano, Makoto C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Differentiating spermatogonia; Differentiation; Progenitor; Regeneration; Self renewal; Spermatogonial stem cells; Transit amplification; Undifferentiated spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942905368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397175-3.00015-6     Document Type: Chapter

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