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  • Title: The onset of testicular differentiation in the rat: An ultrastructural study.
    Author: Merchant-Larios H.
    Journal: Am J Anat; 1976 Mar; 145(3):319-29. PubMed ID: 944523.
    Abstract:
    The structure of developing rat testes was studied by light and electron microscopy. Ultrastructural differentiation of Sertoli and Leydig cells was followed from 14 days of gestation through birth. Specialized morphology in Sertoli cells was first seen at 16 days of gestation. In these cells the rough endoplasmic reticulum increased and became organized as numerous short cisternae loaded with a homogenous material. Typical Leydig cells were found among the stromal cells, around day 17 of gestation. There is good correlation between the time of appearance of ultrastructural specialization and published data on secretory capacity of the fetal testes, in respect to the inhibition and differentiation of the Müllerian and Wolffian ducts.
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