Changes in the tubular compartment of the testis of Gallus domesticus during development

References

• Aire , TA . 1997 . The structure of the interstitial tissue of the active and resting avian testis . Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research , 64 : 291 – 299 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aire , TA . 2007 . “ Anatomy of the testis and male reproductive tract ” . In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds , Edited by: Barrie , G.M. and Jamieson . Vol. 6A , 37 – 113 . USA : Science Publishers .
   Google Scholar
• Aire , TA and Ozegbe , PC . 2007 . The testicular capsule and peritubular tissue of birds: Morphometry, histology, ultrastructure and immunohistochemistry . Journal of Anatomy , 210 : 731 – 740 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aire , TA , Olowo-okorum , MO and Ayeni , JS . 1980 . The seminiferous epithelium in the guinea-fowl (Numida meleagris) . Cell and Tissue Research , 205 : 319 – 325 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ahmed , KN , Lennox , B and Mack , WS . 1969 . Estimation of the volume of Leydig cells in man . Lancet , 30 : 461 – 463 .
   Google Scholar
• Bakst , MR , Akuffo , V , Trefil , P and Brillard , JP . 2007 . Morphological and histochemical characterization of the seminiferous epithelial and Leydig cells of the turkey . Animal Reproduction Science , 97 : 303 – 313 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brode , MD . 1928 . The significance of the asymmetry of the ovaries of the fowl . Morphology and Physiology , 46 : 1 – 57 .
   Google Scholar
• Christensen , AK and Peacock , K . 1980 . Increase in Leydig cell number in testes of adult rats treated chronically with an excess of human chorionic gonadotropin . Biology of Reproduction , 22 : 383 – 391 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cooksey , EJ and Rothwell , B . 1973 . The ultrastructure of the Sertoli cell and its differentiation in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) . Journal of Anatomy , 114 ( 3 ) : 329 – 345 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Courot , M , Hochereau-de Reviers , MT , Monet-Kuntz , C , Locatelli , A , Pisselet , C , Blanc , MR and Dacheux , JL . 1979 . Endocrinology of spermatogenesis in the hypophysectomized ram . Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, Supplement , 26 : 165 – 173 .
   Google Scholar
• Csaba , G , Shahin , MA and Dobozy , O . 1980 . The overlapping effect of gonadotropins and TSH on embryonic chicken gonads . Archives d’anatomie, d’histologie et d’embryologie , 63 : 31 – 38 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gasc , J-M . 1978 . Growth and sexual differentiation in the gonads of chick and duck embryos . Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology , 44 : 1 – 13 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Glover , TD , D’Occhio , JD and Millar , RP . 1999 . “ Male life and seasonality ” . In Marshall's Physiology of Reproduction. Volume 2. Reproduction in the Male , Edited by: Lamming , GE . 213 – 219 . Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone .
   Google Scholar
• González-Morán , G . 1997 . A stereological study of the different cell populations in chicken testes treated with follicle-stimulating hormone during embryonic development . Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia , 26 : 311 – 317 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• González-Morán , G . 2005 . Immunohistochemical detection of estrogen receptor alpha in the growing and regressing ovaries of newly hatched chicks . Journal of Molecular Histology , 36 : 147 – 155 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gunawardana , VK and Scott , MGAD . 1977 . Ultrastructural studies on the differentiation of spermatids in the domestic fowl . Journal of Anatomy , 124 ( 3 ) : 741 – 755 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hochereau-de Reviers , MT , Perreau , C and Lincoln , GA . 1985 . Photoperiodic variations of somatic and germ cell populations in the Soay ram testis . Journal of Reproduction and Fertility , 74 : 329 – 334 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Hutson , JC . 1983 . Metabolic cooperation between Sertoli cells and peritubular cells in culture . Endocrinology , 112 : 1375 – 1381 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Huleihel , M and Lunenfeld , E . 2004 . Regulation of spermatogenesis by paracrine/autocrine testicular factors . Asian Journal of Andrology , 6 ( 3 ) : 259 – 268 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jenkins , SA and Porter , TE . 2004 . Ontogeny of the hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenocortical axis in the chicken embryo: a review . Domestic Animal Endocrinology , 26 : 267 – 275 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johnson , AL . 1986 . “ Reproduction in the male ” . In Avian Physiology , Edited by: Sturkie , PD . 432 – 451 . New York : Springer-Verlag .
   Google Scholar
• Kirby , JD and Froman , DP . 2000 . “ Reproduction in male birds ” . In Avian Physiology , Edited by: Sturkie , PD . 597 – 615 . New York : Academic Press .
   Google Scholar
• Lofts , B and Massa , R . 1980 . “ Male reproduction ” . In Avian Endocrinology , Edited by: Epple , A and Stetson , MH . 413 – 434 . New York : Academic Press .
   Google Scholar
• Marvan , F . 1969 . Postnatal development of the male genital tract of Gallus domesticus . Anatomischer Anzeiger , 124 : 443 – 462 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Morrish , BC and Sinclair , AH . 2002 . Vertebrate sex determination: many means to an end . Reproduction , 124 : 447 – 457 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Noirault , J , Brillard , J-P and Bakst , MR . 2006 . Spermatogenesis in the turkey (Meleagris gallpavo): quantitative approach in immature and adult males subjected to various photoperiods . Theriogenology , 65 : 845 – 859 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Palkovits , M , Czeizel , E and Palkovich , I . 1966 . Über die karyometrische Untersuchung der Spermatogenese bei Albinoratten . Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie , 74 : 449 – 453 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Pudney , J . 1995 . Spermatogenesis in nonmammalian vertebrates . Microscopy Research and Technique , 32 : 459 – 497 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Raymond , CS , Kettlewell , JR , Hirsch , B , Badwell , VJ and Zarkower , D . 1999 . Expression of Dmrt1 in the genital ridge of mouse and chicken embryos suggest a role in vertebrate sexual development . Developmental Biology , 215 : 208 – 220 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• de Reviers , M . 1971a . Le développement testiculaire chez le coq I. Croissance pondérale des testicules et développement des tubes séminiféres . Annales de Biologie Animale, Biochimie, Biophysique , 11 ( 4 ) : 531 – 546 .
   Google Scholar
• de Reviers , M . 1971b . Le développement testiculaire chez le coq. II. Morphologie de l’epithélium séminifére et établissement de la spermatogenése . Annales de Biologie Animale, Biochimie, Biophysique , 11 : 531 – 546 .
   Google Scholar
• de Reviers , M , Hochereau-de Reviers , MT , Blanc , MR , Brillard , JP , Courot , M and Pelletier , J . 1980 . Control of Sertoli and germ cell populations in the cock and sheep testes . Reproduction, Nutrition, Development , 20 ( 1B ) : 241 – 249 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Risbridger , GP and Skinner , MK . 1992 . Evaluation of the effect of peritubular cell secretions and testicular paracrine factor P-mod-S on Leydig cell steroidogenesis and immunoactive inhibin production . International Journal of Andrology , 15 : 73 – 83 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Romanoff , AL . 1960 . The Avian Embryo. Structure and Functional Development , New York : McMillan Company .
   Google Scholar
• Rothwell , B . 1975 . Designation of the cellular component of the boundary tissue of the seminiferous tubules in the testis of the fowl (Gallus domesticus) . British Poultry Science , 16 : 527 – 529 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rothwell , B and Tingari , MD . 1973 . The ultrastructure of the boundary tissue of the seminiferous tubules in the testis of the domestic fowl . Journal of Anatomy , 114 : 321 – 328 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sekido , R and Lovell-Badge , R . 2007 . Mechanisms of gonadal morphogenesis are not conserved between chick and mouse . Development Biology , 302 : 132 – 142 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shahin , MA and Torok , O . 1982 . Differentiation of male chick embryo gonads during the last week of incubation in organ and tissue culture . Zeitschrift fur Mikroskopisch Anatomische Forschung , 96 ( 1 ) : 157 – 170 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sharpe , RM . 1986 . Paracrine control of the testis . Clinic in Endocrinology and Metabolism , 15 ( 1 ) : 185 – 207 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Silva , FR , Leite , LD and Wassermamm , GF . 2002 . Rapid signal transduction in Sertoli cells . European Journal of Endocrinology , 147 ( 3 ) : 425 – 433 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith , CA . 2007 . “ Molecular genetics of avian, Sex determination and gonadal differentiation ” . In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds , Edited by: Barrie , GM and Jamieson . Vol. 6B , 479 – 506 . USA : Science Publishers .
   Google Scholar
• Smith , CA and Sinclair , AH . 2001 . Sex determination in the chicken embryo . The Journal of Experimental Zoology , 290 : 691 – 699 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Smith , CA , Smith , MJ and Sinclair , AH . 1999 . Gene expression during gonadogenesis in the chicken embryo . Gene , 234 : 395 – 402 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sofikitis , N , Giotitsas , N , Tsounapi , O , Baltogiannis , D , Giannakis , D and Pardalidis , N . 2008 . Hormonal regulation of spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis . The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , 109 ( 3–5 ) : 323 – 330 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tagami , T , Kagami , H , Matsubara , Y , Harumi , T , Naito , M , Takeda , K , Hanada , H and Nirasawa , K . 2007 . Differentiation of female primordial germ cells in the male testes of chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) . Molecular Reproduction and Development , 74 ( 1 ) : 68 – 75 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thurston , RJ and Korn , N . 2000 . Spermiogenesis in commercial poultry species: anatomy and control . Poultry Science , 79 ( 11 ) : 1650 – 1668 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tiba , T , Yoshida , K , Miyake , M , Tsuchiya , K , Kita , I and Tsubota , T . 1993a . Regularities and irregularities in the structure of the seminiferous epithelium in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus). I. Suggestion of the presence of the seminiferous epithelial cycle . Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia , 21 : 241 – 253 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tiba , T , Yoshida , K , Miyake , M , Tsuchiya , K , Kita , I and Tsubota , T . 1993b . Regularities and irregularities in the structure of the seminiferous epithelium in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus). II. Co-ordination between germ cell associations . Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia , 22 : 254 – 263 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Trefil , P , Micakova , A , Mucksova , J , Hejnar , J , Poplstein , M , Bakst , MR , Kalina , J and Brillard , JP . 2006 . Restoration of spermatogenesis and male fertility by transplantation of dispersed testicular cells in the chicken . Biology of Reproduction , 75 ( 4 ) : 575 – 581 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van Krey , HP . 1990 . “ Reproductive biology in relation to breeding and genetics ” . In Poultry Breeding and Genetics , Edited by: Crawford , RD . 61 – 90 . New York : Elsevier .
   Google Scholar
• Van Nassauw , L , Harrison , F and Callebaut , M . 1993 . Smooth muscle cells in the peritubular tissue of the quail testis . European Journal of Morphology , 31 : 60 – 64 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Weibel , ER and Bolender , RP . 1973 . “ Stereological techniques for electron microscopic morphometrics ” . In Principles and Techniques of Electron Microscopy , Edited by: Hayat , MA . 237 – 296 . New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company .
   Google Scholar
• Woods , JE and Weeks , RL . 1969 . Ontogenesis of the pituitary–gonadal axis in the chick embryo . General and Comparative Endocrinology , 45 : 66 – 73 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zaccanti , F , Vallisneri , M and Quaglia , A . 1990 . Early aspects of sex differentiation in the gonads of chick embryos . Differentiation , 43 ( 2 ) : 71 – 80 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar