Establishment of self-sterility of eggs in the ovary of the solitary ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi

Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 391-400

  Fuke, Masako ^b   Numakunai, Takaharu ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascidian; Follicle cells; Maturation; Self sterility; Vitelline coat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL STRUCTURE; EGG; GERMINAL VESICLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

EID: 0029888938     PISSN: 0930035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00377219     Document Type: Article

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