Retinoic acid deficiency leads to an increase in spermatogonial stem number in the neonatal mouse testis, but excess retinoic acid results in no change

Author’s Accepted Manuscript Retinoic acid deficiency leads to an increase in spermatogonial stem number in the neonatal mouse testis, but excess retinoic acid results in no change Kellie S. Agrimson, Melissa J. Oatley, Debra Mitchell, Jon M. Oatley, Michael D. Griswold, Cathryn A. Hogarth www.elsevier.com/locate/developmentalbiology

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To appear in: Developmental Biology Received date: 24 January 2017 Revised date: 2 October 2017 Accepted date: 3 October 2017 Cite this article as: Kellie S. Agrimson, Melissa J. Oatley, Debra Mitchell, Jon M. Oatley, Michael D. Griswold and Cathryn A. Hogarth, Retinoic acid deficiency leads to an increase in spermatogonial stem number in the neonatal mouse testis, but excess retinoic acid results in no change, Developmental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.10.002 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

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