reproductive system
• fewer germ cells at postnatal day 0 (P0)
• some seminiferous tubules are devoid of germ cells at P0
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• some abnormal seminiferous tubules devoid of germ cells in 3-month-old testes
• other tubules contain cells from all stages of spermatogenesis
• numbers of Sertoli cells are unchanged
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• reduced diameter of seminiferous tubules lacking germ cells
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• Leydig cell hyperplasia outside the seminiferous tubules lacking germ cells
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small testis
(
J:154048
)
• smaller testes
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• some germ cells exit from G0 and re-enter mitosis in E16.5
• 22% of the germ cells are Ki67-positive in the testes in E16.5
• no significant difference in the overall number of Ki67-stained somatic cells
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• meiotic germ cells are detected in E16.5
• SCP3-positive cells are detected in a subset of tubules
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• some abnormal seminiferous tubules devoid of germ cells in 3-month-old testes
• other tubules contain cells from all stages of spermatogenesis
• numbers of Sertoli cells are unchanged
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• reduced diameter of seminiferous tubules lacking germ cells
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• Leydig cell hyperplasia outside the seminiferous tubules lacking germ cells
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small testis
(
J:154048
)
• smaller testes
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cellular
• fewer germ cells at postnatal day 0 (P0)
• some seminiferous tubules are devoid of germ cells at P0
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• meiotic germ cells are detected in E16.5
• SCP3-positive cells are detected in a subset of tubules
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