reproductive system
• group B germ cells (pachytene, diplotene, and secondary spermatocytes) and group C germ cells (round and elongating spermatids) exhibit a 5- and 10-fold higher rate of apoptosis, respectively, than in wild-type mice
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small testis
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J:159956
)
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• mice exhibit severe oligozoospermia with nearly no mature spermatozoa observed in the apical crypts of Sertoli cells or in the lumen of seminiferous tubules unlike in wild-type mice
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• at steps 13 to 15, spermatids are short, irregular, and polygonal unlike in wild-type mice
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• spermatid elongation is blocked unlike in wild-type mice
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endocrine/exocrine glands
small testis
(
J:159956
)
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cellular
• mice exhibit severe oligozoospermia with nearly no mature spermatozoa observed in the apical crypts of Sertoli cells or in the lumen of seminiferous tubules unlike in wild-type mice
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• at steps 13 to 15, spermatids are short, irregular, and polygonal unlike in wild-type mice
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• group B germ cells (pachytene, diplotene, and secondary spermatocytes) and group C germ cells (round and elongating spermatids) exhibit a 5- and 10-fold higher rate of apoptosis, respectively, than in wild-type mice
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