Spermatogenesis in the bandicoot rat. I. Duration of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium.
The duration of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium was studied in a pest rodent, the bandicoot rat. Fourteen stages of the cycle were identified. The duration of the seminiferous epithelium cycle was determined to be 10.0 days.
D000818:Animals; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae / Q000502:physiology*; D010507:Periodicity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012671:Seminiferous Tubules / Q000502:physiology*; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology*