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Spatial and Quantitative Aspects of Spermtogenetic Tissue in Primates

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Spermatogenesis — Fertilization — Contraception

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Abstract

In recent years ever more sophisticated experimental procedures such as studies of Sertoli cell cultures in bicameral chamber systems (Byers et al. 1986; Janecki and Steinberger 1986), or techniques of molecular biology, have led to numerous new insights into the control of testicular function. In most of these advances, based largely on animal experiments, the molecular control mechanisms are adapted towards a particular organizational pattern in the germinal eipthelium. Such a pattern may vary considerably between different species. Especially at the evolutionary level of the non-human primates and man, there are notable structural and quantitative modifications which presumably demand a special adaptation in functional regulation. In order to establish a broader reference base for clinical and basic research, new data of spermatogenetic efficiency in non-human primates and in man are presented. These extend the comprehensive data published by Russell et al. (1990).

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  1. Wolfgang Schulze
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  2. Andrea Salzbrunn
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  1. Institute of Reproductive Medicine of the University, Steinfurter Str. 107, 4400, Münster, Germany

    Eberhard Nieschlag

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Schulze, W., Salzbrunn, A. (1992). Spatial and Quantitative Aspects of Spermtogenetic Tissue in Primates. In: Nieschlag, E., Habenicht, UF. (eds) Spermatogenesis — Fertilization — Contraception. Schering Foundation Workshop, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02815-5_11

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