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Spermatocytes

Known as: Spermatocyte, Spermiocyte, Spermiocytes 
Male germ cells derived from SPERMATOGONIA. The euploid primary spermatocytes undergo MEIOSIS and give rise to the haploid secondary spermatocytes… 
National Institutes of Health

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AMPH protein, humanMicrobiologicalProcess of secretionSeminiferous tubule structure

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Spermatogenesis

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
STRA8-deficient spermatocytes initiate, but fail to complete, meiosis and undergo premature chromosome condensation
We analysed the phenotypic outcome of a Stra8-null mutation on male meiosis. Because the mutant spermatocytes (1) underwent… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Plasmalogens participate in very-long-chain fatty acid-induced pathology.
Peroxisomes are organelles responsible for multiple metabolic pathways including, the biosynthesis of plasmalogens, a class of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
SAK/PLK4 Is Required for Centriole Duplication and Flagella Development
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A Sertoli cell-selective knockout of the androgen receptor causes spermatogenic arrest in meiosis.
Androgens control spermatogenesis, but germ cells themselves do not express a functional androgen receptor (AR). Androgen… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The mouse RecA-like gene Dmc1 is required for homologous chromosome synapsis during meiosis.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Slo3, a Novel pH-sensitive K+ Channel from Mammalian Spermatocytes*
Potassium channels have evolved to play specialized roles in both excitable and inexcitable tissues. Here we describe the cloning… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Involvement of mouse Mlh1 in DNA mismatch repair and meiotic crossing over
Mice that are deficient in either the Pms2 or Msh2 DNA mismatch repair genes have microsatellite instability and a predisposition… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
In utero and lactational exposure of male rats to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. 3. Effects on spermatogenesis and reproductive capability.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Further observations on the numbers of spermatogonia, spermatocytes, and spermatids connected by intercellular bridges in the mammalian testis.
The presence of true intercellular bridges connecting groups of spermatocytes and spermatids in the mammalian testis has been… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF DNA SYNTHESIS AND THE CELL CYCLE IN SPERMATOGONIA AND SPERMATOCYTES OF MOUSE TESTIS USING TRITIATED THYMIDINE
Mice were injected intraperitoneally with 15 µc of H3-thymidine. The time course of the labeling in spermatogonia and… 
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