cellular
• neither secondary spermatocytes nor spermatids detectable in homozygotes
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azoospermia
(
J:51211
)
|
• spermatogenesis arrested prior to the pachytene stage of meiotic prophase I
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• apoptotic testicular cells
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endocrine/exocrine glands
small testis
(
J:51211
)
• less than one third normal size, on average
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reproductive system
• neither secondary spermatocytes nor spermatids detectable in homozygotes
|
azoospermia
(
J:51211
)
|
• spermatogenesis arrested prior to the pachytene stage of meiotic prophase I
|
small testis
(
J:51211
)
• less than one third normal size, on average
|
• males are infertile, however females exhibit histologically normal ovaries and are fertile
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