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Spermatogenesis

Known as: generation of spermatozoa, spermatogeny 
The maturation and propagation of spermatozoa. The process consists of three phases, mitosis, meiosis, and spermiogenesis. This results in a… 
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Oestrogens and spermatogenesis
  • S. CarreauR. Hess
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B…
  • 2010
  • Corpus ID: 5943118
The role of oestrogens in male reproductive tract physiology has for a long time been a subject of debate. The testis produces… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Altered protamine expression and diminished spermatogenesis: what is the link?
During the elongating spermatid stage of spermiogenesis, human sperm chromatin undergoes a complex transition in which histones… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
SAK/PLK4 Is Required for Centriole Duplication and Flagella Development
Review
2000
Review
2000
Germ cell suicide: new insights into apoptosis during spermatogenesis
Mature sperm are the product of a precisely regulated developmental sequence in which germ cell proliferation, differentiation… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Xist-deficient mice are defective in dosage compensation but not spermatogenesis.
The X-linked Xist gene encodes a large untranslated RNA that has been implicated in mammalian dosage compensation and in… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
3-Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1): structural and functional homology with the Drosophila DSTPK61 kinase
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Induction of spermatogenesis by androgens in gonadotropin-deficient (hpg) mice.
Using a new experimental model for studying the hormonal induction of spermatogenesis, the hpg mouse, which has congenital… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Role of c-kit in mouse spermatogenesis: identification of spermatogonia as a specific site of c-kit expression and function.
Recent studies have shown that the dominant white spotting (W) locus encodes the proto-oncogene c-kit, a member of the tyrosine… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
fog-2, a germ-line-specific sex determination gene required for hermaphrodite spermatogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans.
This paper describes the isolation and characterization of 16 mutations in the germ-line sex determination gene fog-2 (fog for… 
Review
1971
Review
1971
Hormonal control of mammalian spermatogenesis.
Studies of the hormonal control of the spermatogenic process are reviewed. Most of the investigations used the techniques of… 
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