cellular
• the number of germ cells in males is normal at postnatal day 7, greatly reduced by day 10 and absent by day 14
• no meiotic germ cells are evident
• by six weeks of age testes have no germ cells
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• germ cells do not enter meiosis
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• by 10 days of age, Sertoli cells over-proliferate and remain immature
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reproductive system
• the number of germ cells in males is normal at postnatal day 7, greatly reduced by day 10 and absent by day 14
• no meiotic germ cells are evident
• by six weeks of age testes have no germ cells
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• germ cells do not enter meiosis
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• tubules lack lumen
• tubules are populated by immature Sertoli cells
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• cells overproliferate, fail to differentiate and die after the mouse is born
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• defects resemble those in humans with distal 9p deletions
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• by 10 days of age, Sertoli cells over-proliferate and remain immature
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small testis
(
J:65541
)
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• tubules lack lumen
• tubules are populated by immature Sertoli cells
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• cells overproliferate, fail to differentiate and die after the mouse is born
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• defects resemble those in humans with distal 9p deletions
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• by 10 days of age, Sertoli cells over-proliferate and remain immature
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small testis
(
J:65541
)
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