Characterization of Seminiferous Epithelium Stages in the Wild Javan Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak muntjak) Using the Tubular Morphology Method

Table 2

The diameter (mean ± SD) of germinal cell nuclei in eight stages (I-VIII) of seminiferous epithelium in the Javan muntjac during hard antler period.

Germinal cells	Diameter of nucleus (μm)/stage
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Spermatogonia A	4.19 ± 0.12	4.29 ± 0.12	4.36 ± 0.43	4.42 ± 0.41	4.50 ± 0.12	4.57 ± 0.13	4.64 ± 0.44	4.59 ± 0.36
Primary spermatocyte
(a) preleptotene	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.15 ± 0.66
(b) leptotene	5.29 ± 0.25	5.33 ± 0.52	-	-	-	-	-	-
(c) zygotene	-	5.62 ± 0.73	5.76 ± 0.42	5.98 ± 0.53	6.02 ± 0.89	-	-	-
(d) pachytene	7.18 ± 0.33	7.81 ± 0.36	7.76 ± 0.47	-	6.94 ± 0.41	6.39 ± 0.35	6.59 ± 0.29	6.92 ± 0.48
(e) diplotene	-	-	8.97 ± 1.01	8.72 ± 0.17	-	-	-	-
Round spermatid	5.32 ± 0.38	-	-	5.84 ± 0.12	5.63 ± 0.41	5.32 ± 0.32	5.81 ± 0.37	5.56 ± 0.14
Elongated		4.35 ± 0.19	5.19 ± 0.43	5.44 ± 0.37	6.05 ± 0.36	6.43 ± 0.38	5.78 ± 0.53	5.71 ± 0.35

Length of elongated spermatid nuclei.