Primordial germ cell development: Is the urodele pattern closer to mammals than to anurans?

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 653-659

  Wakahara, Masami ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epigenesis; PGCs; Preformation; Urodele

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FROG; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIZARD; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOAD;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MAMMALS; MESODERM; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; URODELA;

EID: 0029816008     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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