reproductive system
• oviducts and uterus normal
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ovary atrophy
(
J:85230
)
• by day 120 ovaries are atrophic (15-20% normal size)
• frequently find epithelium lined cysts replacing ovarian tissue
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• failure of both oogenesis and spermatogenesis
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• ovaries normal through E17.5 when oocytes reach pachytene stage of meiosis
• by day 1 after birth when oocytes should be in late diplotene stage, few oocytes are left and apoptosis is occurring
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• failure of chromosome pairing
• meiosis fails to proceed past the pachytene stage of prophase I
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• testes normal to day 15 when germ cells are tetraploid primary sperm cells
• by day 20, an absence of expected round spermatids
• apoptosis of spermatocytes occuring at day 20
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• normal proliferation of spermatogonia through day 30 when seminiferous tubules are almost completely depleted of germ cells
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• by day 120, testes are atrophic (20% normal size)
• normal levels of spermatogonia, Sertoli and Leydig cells
• few primary spermatocytes
• no post meiotic cells
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infertility
(
J:85230
)
• both sexes were totally sterile
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endocrine/exocrine glands
ovary atrophy
(
J:85230
)
• by day 120 ovaries are atrophic (15-20% normal size)
• frequently find epithelium lined cysts replacing ovarian tissue
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• normal proliferation of spermatogonia through day 30 when seminiferous tubules are almost completely depleted of germ cells
|
• by day 120, testes are atrophic (20% normal size)
• normal levels of spermatogonia, Sertoli and Leydig cells
• few primary spermatocytes
• no post meiotic cells
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cellular
• ovaries normal through E17.5 when oocytes reach pachytene stage of meiosis
• by day 1 after birth when oocytes should be in late diplotene stage, few oocytes are left and apoptosis is occurring
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• failure of chromosome pairing
• meiosis fails to proceed past the pachytene stage of prophase I
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