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Type: Journal article
Title: Unusual germ cell organization in the seminiferous epithelium of a murid rodent from southern Asia, the greater bandicoot rat, Bandicota Indica
Author: Worawittayawong, P.
Leigh, C.
Cozens, G.
Peirce, E.
Setchell, B.
Sretarugsa, P.
Dharmarajan, A.
Breed, W.
Citation: International Journal of Andrology, 2005; 28(3):180-188
Publisher: Blackwell Science Ltd
Issue Date: 2005
ISSN: 0105-6263
1365-2605
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P. Worawittayawong, C. M. Leigh, G. Cozens, E. J. Peirce, B. P. Setchell, P. Sretarugsa, A. Dharmarajan, W. G. Breed
Abstract: In the greater bandicoot rat, Bandicota indica, of south-east Asia, nine cell associations were documented in the testicular seminiferous epithelium. In about 10% of the tubule cross sections two or more cell associations occurred and, furthermore, some of the generations of germ cells within the cell associations were sometimes either out of phase, or missing, in the tubule cross sections. These features, together with the fact that this species has a highly pleiomorphic sperm head shape, are somewhat reminiscent of those of the seminiferous epithelium in humans and some other primates but not of common laboratory rodents. This species could thus be a good model for investigating irregular patterns of spermatogenesis in naturally occurring wild species of rodent.
Keywords: Seminiferous Tubules
Spermatozoa
Epithelial Cells
Animals
Muridae
Body Weight
Cell Cycle
Apoptosis
Thailand
Australia
Male
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00529.x
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00529.x
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