Modulators of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis for the control of spermatogenesis and sperm quality in vertebrates

• Main Author: Rosaria Meccariello (auth)
• Other Authors: Riccardo Pierantoni (auth), Silvia Fasano (auth), Gilda Cobellis (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Vertebrates; hypothalamic; Spermatogenesis; sperm quality
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Spermatogenesis is a process highly conserved throughout vertebrate species and is mainly under hypothalamic-pituitary control. It occurs in the testis in a stepwise fashion so that committed spermatogonia develop into spermatocytes and enter meiosis to produce round spermatids. These undergo a morp...