reproductive system
• increased germ cell apoptosis
• absence of post-meiotic cells in the seminiferous tubules
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• testicular weight is 61% that of wild-type littermates at 6 weeks of age
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• block in spermatogenesis before the first meiotic division
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• complete disruption of gametogenesis
• arrest during late prophase of meiosis I
• normal spermatogonia and early spermatocytes
• degeneration of late spermatocytes, nuclear condensation and formation of syncytial multinucleated cells
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• testicular weight is 61% that of wild-type littermates at 6 weeks of age
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cellular
• complete disruption of gametogenesis
• arrest during late prophase of meiosis I
• normal spermatogonia and early spermatocytes
• degeneration of late spermatocytes, nuclear condensation and formation of syncytial multinucleated cells
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• increased germ cell apoptosis
• absence of post-meiotic cells in the seminiferous tubules
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