Developmental Stages of Primary Oocytes in Turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1569-1578

  Carlson, J L ^a,c   Bakst, M R ^b   Ottinger, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germinal vesicle; Meiosis; Oocyte maturation; Oogenesis; Turkey hen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EGG YOLK; EGGS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH; FEMALE; GOLGI APPARATUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; ORGANELLES; OVIPOSITION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TURKEYS;

EID: 0030345338     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751569     Document Type: Article

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