MAFB is dispensable for the fetal testis morphogenesis and the maintenance of spermatogenesis in adult mice

• Hossam H. Shawki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: S1336027@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (HHS); hoishi@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp (HO)

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Department of Animal Genetic Resources, National Gene Bank, Giza, Egypt

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-9701

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• Hisashi Oishi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: S1336027@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (HHS); hoishi@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp (HO)

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Department of Comparative and Experimental Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

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• Toshiaki Usui,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Yu Kitadate,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Division of Germ Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan

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• Walaa A. Basha,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Ahmed M. Abdellatif,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Kazunori Hasegawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Risa Okada,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Keiji Mochida,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation BioResource Center, RIKEN, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Hany A. El-Shemy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation

  Affiliation Cairo University Research Park, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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• Masafumi Muratani,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Atsuo Ogura,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation BioResource Center, RIKEN, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Shosei Yoshida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Germ Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan

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• Satoru Takahashi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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