A light microscopic study of oogenesis in the brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 541-546

  Frankenberg, Stephen ^a   Newell, Graeme ^b   Selwood, Lynne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOCYST; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0029846027     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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