On the etiology of testicular tumors. An experimental study.
This paper demonstrates experimentally that autofertilization induces malignant  metastatic or recurrent testicular tumors in the rat. The role of fertilization, i.e. of nuclear fusion, in the process of carcinogenesis is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D005306:Fertilization; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013094:Spermatozoa; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology