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With the help of the alkylating agent Myleran we confirmed our finiding that in the rat, mouse and golden hamster the spermatogonial stem cells are daughter cells of the last generation of A spermatogonia.
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de Rooij, D.G., Kramer, M.P. Spermatogonial stem cell renewal in the rat, mouse and golden hamster. Z.Zellforsch 92, 400–405 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00455597
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