EARLY CHANGES IN THE GERMINAL EPITHELIUM OF RAT TESTES FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO HEAT
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- 1 July 1970
- journal article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Reproduction
- Vol. 22 (2) , 205-212
- https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0220205
Abstract
Changes in the seminiferous epithelium of the rat testis occurring within 24 hr after exposure to 43° C for 15 min were investigated using a quantitative technique. The earliest cytochemical or morphological changes were detected in the pachytene spermatocytes in stages IX to XII, the diakinetic and dividing spermatocytes in stages XIII and XIV and the young spermatids at stage I of spermatogenesis within 1 hr after exposure. The spermatocytes showed changes in the cytoplasm and the spermatids, in the nucleus.Keywords
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