Spermatogenesis: The commitment to Meiosis

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-17

  Griswold, Michael D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; GAMETE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL; TESTIS; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84946601188     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: 15221210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00013.2015     Document Type: Article

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