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Mutations in Foxn1 and Prkdc genes lead to nude and severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) phenotypes, respectively. Besides being immunodeficient, previous reports have shown that nude mice have lower gonadotro...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Dibutyl phthalate induced testicular dysgenesis originates after seminiferous cord formation in rats
A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper.
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Horse spermatogonial stem cell cryopreservation: feasible protocols and potential biotechnological applications
The establishment of proper conditions for spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) cryopreservation and storage represents an important biotechnological approach for the preservation of the genetic stock of valuable ...
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Open AccessDibutyl phthalate induced testicular dysgenesis originates after seminiferous cord formation in rats
Administration of dibutyl phthalate (DBP) to pregnant rats causes reproductive disorders in male offspring, resulting from suppression of intratesticular testosterone, and is used as a model for human testicul...
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Blood-Tissue Barriers
The blood-testis barrier (BTB) is known for its ability to create an immune privilege site in the seminiferous epithelium, but less is known of the blood-epididymal barrier (BEB). It is already established tha...
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Open AccessCompletion of meiosis in male zebrafish (Danio rerio) despite lack of DNA mismatch repair gene mlh1
Mlh1 is a member of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) machinery and is also essential for the stabilization of crossovers during the first meiotic division. Recently, we have shown that zebrafish mlh1 mutant males are co...
