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reproductive system
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• female mice are fertile
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• fewer round spermatids are observed compared to in wild-type mice
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• pachytene spermatocytes exhibit underdevelopped inter-mitochondrial cements and chromatoid bodies compared with wild-type mice
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• at stages XII and I-III seminiferous tubules
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• thin
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small testis
(
J:170319
)
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• as early as 4 weeks of age
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• as early as 4 weeks of age
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• no elongating spermatids are present in the seminiferous tubules unlike in wild-type mice
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• mice exhibit occasional failure of meiotic prophase unlike in wild-type mice
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• male mice are infertile
• however, round spermatids are capable of producing fertile offspring when injected into oocytes
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cellular
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• fewer round spermatids are observed compared to in wild-type mice
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• pachytene spermatocytes exhibit underdevelopped inter-mitochondrial cements and chromatoid bodies compared with wild-type mice
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• expression of LINE retrotransposons is derepressed in male germ cells unlike in wild-type cells
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• mice exhibit occasional failure of meiotic prophase unlike in wild-type mice
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• at stages XII and I-III seminiferous tubules
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endocrine/exocrine glands
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• thin
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small testis
(
J:170319
)
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• as early as 4 weeks of age
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• as early as 4 weeks of age
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