reproductive system
• increased apoptosis of spermatocytes
|
azoospermia
(
J:111287
)
• no postmeiotic germ cells
• epididymal tubules are empty at 8 weeks of age
|
• homologous chromosome alignments but full synapsis is interrupted
|
• complete meiotic arrest
• spermatocytes develop to zygotene stage but fail to continue to pachytene
• failure of chromosome synapsis, axial elements fail to form
• spermatocytes undergo apoptosis
|
• significantly smaller in diameter
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• testis weight 70% less than controls
|
• average litter size for females of 4.4 pups as opposed to 7.8 pups in controls
|
endocrine/exocrine glands
• significantly smaller in diameter
|
• testis weight 70% less than controls
|
cellular
azoospermia
(
J:111287
)
• no postmeiotic germ cells
• epididymal tubules are empty at 8 weeks of age
|
• homologous chromosome alignments but full synapsis is interrupted
|
• complete meiotic arrest
• spermatocytes develop to zygotene stage but fail to continue to pachytene
• failure of chromosome synapsis, axial elements fail to form
• spermatocytes undergo apoptosis
|
• increased apoptosis of spermatocytes
|