Gonocytes in fetal guinea pig testes: Phagocytosis of degenerating gonocytes by Sertoli cells

Abstract

Abstract In fetal testes of non‐inbred guinea pigs, virus‐like particles were seen in the primordial germ cells, but not in the somatic cells. Using the particles as a marker for the gonocytes it was possible to trace the phagocytosis of degenerating gonocytes by the Sertoli cells in the fetal testis.