Spermatogenesis: Methods and Protocols

by Douglas T. Carrell

Book Overview

Deficiencies in sperm function are usually the result of spermatogenic defects. Spermatogenesis is a biologically complex and essential process during which spermatogonia undergo meiotic recombination, reduction of the genome to a haploid state, and extensive cellular modifications that result in a motile cell capable of traversing the female reproductive tract, withstanding various potential assaults to viability, and finally successfully fertilizing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627030379
• ISBN13: 9781627030373
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 554 Pages
• Weight: 2.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 9.9"