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Keeping sexually mature albino mice in a hot and humid chamber at a temperature of 43°C and a relative humidity of 65% for a single exposure causes destruction of the spermatogenic epithelium, as reflected in degeneration and desquamation of the sex cells in 55% of the seminiferous tubules. Preliminary heat training for 10 days increased the physiological degeneration of the spermatogenic cells in only 16% of seminiferous tubules. This could be evidence of adaptation of the sex cells to the action of high temperatures.
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Shilkina, L.A. Effect of hyperthermia on spermatogenesis in mice and the role of heat training in adaptation of the sex cells to high temperatures. Bull Exp Biol Med 82, 1860–1863 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00785720
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00785720