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Hormonal induction of all stages of spermatogenesis in vitro in the male Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica).
1 Jul 1991
Abstract excerpt
The importance of gonadotropins and androgens for spermatogenesis is generally accepted in vertebrates, but the role played by specific hormones has not been clarified. Under cultivation conditions, male Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) have immature testes containing only premitotic spermatogonia, type A and early-type B spermatogonia. In the present study, a recently developed organ-culture system for eel...
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