reproductive system
• multinucleated giant cells are present in the testis cords and are first detected at P21
• multinucleated giant cells often contain more than 4 nuclei
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small testis
(
J:255310
)
• average length is about 72.4% of wild-type or heterozygous controls
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• a significant number of haploid germ cells are precociously released
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azoospermia
(
J:255310
)
• epididymal tubules appear devoid of sperm
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• Golgi bodies appear smaller and docking of the basal body and attachment of the acrosomal vesical to the nucleus are absent in round spermatids
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• arrest at the round spermatid stage
• fail to progress beyond step 3 of spermiogenesis
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• males exhibit normal mating behavior but fail to impregnate their partners
• female fertility is normal
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cellular
azoospermia
(
J:255310
)
• epididymal tubules appear devoid of sperm
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• Golgi bodies appear smaller and docking of the basal body and attachment of the acrosomal vesical to the nucleus are absent in round spermatids
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• multinucleated giant cells are present in the testis cords and are first detected at P21
• multinucleated giant cells often contain more than 4 nuclei
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endocrine/exocrine glands
small testis
(
J:255310
)
• average length is about 72.4% of wild-type or heterozygous controls
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