Degeneration of Sertoli and spermatogenic cells in homozygous and heterozygous weaver mice.

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Degeneration of Sertoli and spermatogenic cells in homozygous and heterozygous weaver mice.

Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Feb 1995

Verina T, Tang X, Fitzpatrick L, Norton J, Vogelweid C, Ghetti B

Abstract excerpt

In the neurological mutant mouse weaver (wv/wv), the majority of males are infertile due to hypospermatogenesis. Heterozygous weaver mice (wv/+) cease mating successfully when males reach an average age of 3.5 months. The contents of epididymal fluid were scored for the number of sperm and sperm...

Topics

Animals
Fertility
Genotype
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Male
Mice
Mice, Neurologic Mutants
Microscopy, Electron
Seminiferous Epithelium
Sertoli Cells
Sexual Maturation
Sperm Count
Sperm Motility
Spermatogenesis
Spermatozoa

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