The biology of spermatogenesis: the past, present and future.

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Published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci on May 27, 2010

Authors

C Yan Cheng1, Dolores D Mruk

Author Affiliations

1: The Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research, Population Council, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. y-cheng@popcbr.rockefeller.edu

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