Germ cell desquamation-based testis regression in a seasonal breeder, the Egyptian long-eared hedgehog, Hemiechinus auritus

• Diaa Massoud ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Diaa Massoud, Miguel Lao-Pérez, Alicia Hurtado

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt

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• Miguel Lao-Pérez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Diaa Massoud, Miguel Lao-Pérez, Alicia Hurtado

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

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• Alicia Hurtado ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Diaa Massoud, Miguel Lao-Pérez, Alicia Hurtado

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

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• Walied Abdo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafr El Sheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt

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• Rogelio Palomino-Morales,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

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• Francisco David Carmona,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

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• Miguel Burgos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

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• Rafael Jiménez ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rjimenez@ugr.es

  Affiliation Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4103-8219

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• Francisco J. Barrionuevo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

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