Computer simulations of the mouse spermatogenic cycle

Biology Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Ray, Debjit ^a   Pitts, Philip B ^a,b   Hogarth, Cathryn A ^a   Whitmore, Leanne S ^a   Griswold, Michael D ^a   Ye, Ping ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Germ cell; Mouse; Simulation; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogenic cycle

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GERM CELL; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 84979708904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20149068     Document Type: Article

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