Abstract
Summary
Twenty-five male albino rats from 11 litters were thymectomized at birth. These were sacrificed at the ages of 33, 37, or 38 days. Testes and seminal vesicles were compared with 21 unoperated or sham-operated littermate controls. The results indicate that complete thymectomy of newborn rats neither hastens nor retards spermatogenesis, hormone output or growth of the testis.
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