| Range |
mouse ≈35,000: rat ≈350,000 spermatogonia
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| Organism |
Rodent |
| Reference |
de Rooij DG, Russell LD. All you wanted to know about spermatogonia but were afraid to ask. J Androl. 2000 Nov-Dec21(6):776-98 p.780 right column top paragraphPubMed ID11105904
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| Primary Source |
Tegelenbosch RA, de Rooij DG. A quantitative study of spermatogonial multiplication and stem cell renewal in the C3H/101 F1 hybrid mouse. Mutat Res. 1993 290 :193–200.PubMed ID7694110
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| Method |
Primary source abstract: "In whole mounts of seminiferous tubules of C3H/101 F1 hybrid mice, spermatogonia were counted in various stages of the epithelial cycle. Furthermore, the total number of Sertoli cells per testis was estimated using the disector method." |
| Comments |
P.780 right column top paragraph: "A mouse testis contains about 35,000 As spermatogonia (primary source). In a rat testis weighing about 10 times more, one can speculate
that there will be about 350,000 stem cells per rat testis." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
115311 |