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From: The epigenetic processes of meiosis in male mice are broadly affected by the widely used herbicide atrazine

Fig. 4

Atrazine delays meiosis in prepubertal mice. H&E straining of histological sections of a control and (b) ATZ-treated mice. The ATZ-treated mice have reduced numbers of cells in the seminiferous tubules. c The percentages of seminiferous tubule cross-sections in which preleptotene and leptotene (PR + L) cells, zygotene and early pachytene (Z + eP) cells, pachytene (P) cells, diplotene d spermatocytes and round spermatids (RS) represent the most advanced types of germ cells in control (grey bars) and ATZ-treated (black bars) testes at postnatal day 20. The percentage of empty tubules is also indicated. d TUNEL assays on testis histological sections from 20-day-old control and ATZ-treated mice. The results are presented as a percent of tubules containing apoptotic cells, and the data of at least five mice are plotted

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