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SUBMITTER: Busada JT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4809555 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Busada Jonathan T JT Geyer Christopher B CB
Biology of reproduction 20151111 1
Retinoic acid (RA) directs the sequential, but distinct, programs of spermatogonial differentiation and meiotic differentiation that are both essential for the generation of functional spermatozoa. These processes are functionally and temporally decoupled, as they occur in distinct cell types that arise over a week apart, both in the neonatal and adult testis. However, our understanding is limited in terms of what cellular and molecular changes occur downstream of RA exposure that prepare differ ...[more]