reproductive system
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• testes to body weight ratio is similar to controls
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• extrememly reduced numbers in the cauda epididymis
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• sperm from the cauda epididymis show severe morphological defects including abnormal heads and bent or coiled tails
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• nuclear abnormalities are seen starting at step 10 in elongating spermatids
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• males are completely infertile
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cellular
• extrememly reduced numbers in the cauda epididymis
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• sperm from the cauda epididymis show severe morphological defects including abnormal heads and bent or coiled tails
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• nuclear abnormalities are seen starting at step 10 in elongating spermatids
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