The quantification of testicular cells during the postnatal development in two Caviomorph rodents: the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) and the cutia (Dasyprocta agouti)

ABSTRACT The germinative, Sertoli and Leydig cells of two caviomorph rodents (Cavia porcellus and Dasyprocta agouti) were counted as well as the estimation of the total volume of the testis and the total volume of seminiferous tubules and interstitium in prepubertal, pubertal and adult animals. The...

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Main Authors: LUCIANA S. SIMÕES, TAIS H.C. SASAHARA, PHELIPE O. FAVARON, RICARDO MARQUES JÚNIOR, MOACIR F. DE OLIVEIRA, MÁRCIA R.F. MACHADO, MARIA ANGELICA MIGLINO
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Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2017-08-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652017005018107&lng=en&tlng=en