Article
Hypospermatogenesis is the cause of infertility in the male weaver mutant mouse.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Dec 1993
Vogelweid C M, Verina T, Norton J, Harruff R, Ghetti B
Abstract excerpt
The pathologic phenotype of the testis in both prepuberal and postpuberal male weaver mutant mice was studied by light microscopy. Morphometric analysis of seminiferous tubules was carried out. Epididymal fluid was examined for the presence of spermatozoa. The seminiferous tubules of 21-day-old p...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Epithelium
- Genotype
- Infertility, Male
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Neurologic Mutants
- Organ Size
- Seminiferous Tubules
- Sexual Maturation
- Sperm Count
- Spermatogenesis
- Testis