Reproduction Abstracts

Introduction: Testicular tumors not only facilitate analyses of tumorigenesis in testes but also are a good resource for culturing spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) that allow us to manipulate genetic modification. In zebrafish, a hypertrophied tumorous testis happens to be found occasionally, but no method for maintenance of the individual tumorous testis has prevented systematic analyses of the characters and the practical use. We describe here the method for maintenance of t...