Smooth muscle actin and vimentin as markers of testis development in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

• Published in: Journal of Anatomy
• Main Authors: Holt, William V., Waller, J., Moore, A., Jepson, Paul D., Deaville, Robert, Bennett, Peter M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell 2004
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; GN Anthropology; Gata; Harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/7513/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00328.x

Testicular development in the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena was examined using animals (n = 192) stranded or by-caught off the coast of England, Wales and Scotland. Classification of animals according to their stage of sexual development was undertaken using gonadal morphology and the distribut...