Can we induce spermatogenesis in the domestic cat using an in vitro tissue culture approach?

Andreia F. Silva; Sara Escada-Rebelo; Sandra Amaral; Renata S. Tavares; Stefan Schlatt; João Ramalho-Santos; Paula C. Mota

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191912

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Can we induce spermatogenesis in the domestic cat using an in vitro tissue culture approach?

Andreia F. Silva ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreia F. Silva, Sara Escada-Rebelo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

¶‡ Joint first authors.

Affiliation Biology of Reproduction and Stem Cell Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Sara Escada-Rebelo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreia F. Silva, Sara Escada-Rebelo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

¶‡ Joint first authors.

Affiliation Biology of Reproduction and Stem Cell Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Sandra Amaral,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biology of Reproduction and Stem Cell Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Renata S. Tavares,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Biology of Reproduction and Stem Cell Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Stefan Schlatt,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Institute of Reproductive and Regenerative Biology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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João Ramalho-Santos,

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

Affiliations Biology of Reproduction and Stem Cell Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Paula C. Mota

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

* E-mail: pccrmota@cnc.uc.pt

Affiliations Biology of Reproduction and Stem Cell Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-3476

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Can we induce spermatogenesis in the domestic cat using an in vitro tissue culture approach?

Andreia F. Silva,
Sara Escada-Rebelo,
Sandra Amaral,
Renata S. Tavares,
Stefan Schlatt,
João Ramalho-Santos,
Paula C. Mota

Published: February 7, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191912

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