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Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol s3-101, 401-406, Copyright © 1960 by Company of Biologists

Development of the Testis Tubule in the Fowl

GAMAL A. R. KAMAR 1

1 Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Three phases of tubule development can be distinguished in males of the Fayomi breed:

(i) the first 12 weeks, when only slight increase in tubule diameter and cell count occurs. During this period two stages in spermatogenesis are to be found.

(ii) from the 16th to the 24th week, when rapid increase in tubule diameter and cell count occurs, and all stages of spermatogenesis are present. Sexual maturity, judged by the appearance of the first spermatozoa in the seminiferous tubules, occurs at about 16 weeks and is associated with a rapid increase in the size of the testes. The increase in testis weight is due, however, to increase in length of the tubules rather than to increase in diameter.

(iii) from the 24th to the 52nd week, when only slight changes occur in microscopical appearance.






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