Morphological characterization of bovine primordial follicles and their environment in vivo

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1003-1011

  Van Wezel, Ingrid L ^a   Rodgers, Raymond J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; STEM CELLS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029910663     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.5.1003     Document Type: Article

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