Spermatogonial cells: mouse, monkey and man comparison

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-88

  Boitani, Carla ^a   Di Persio, Sara ^a   Esposito, Valentina ^a   Vicini, Elena ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human; Mouse; Non human primates; Spermatogonia; Spermatogonial stem cell niche; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CONSENSUS; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MITOSIS; RODENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEADY STATE; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL NICHE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84960158424     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.03.002     Document Type: Review

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