Ageing and testicular function in Octodon degus

Andrologia

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 319-326

  Bustos Obregon E ^a   Ramirez, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ageing; Rodents; Testicular function

Indexed keywords

DNA; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

EID: 9844261156     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1997.tb00325.x     Document Type: Article

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