Dynamic growth of oocytes of the medaka, Oryzias latipes I. A relationship between establishment of the animal-vegetal axis of the oocyte and its surrounding granulosa cells

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 873-882

  Iwamatsu, Takashi ^a   Nakashima, Seiko ^a  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LATIPES; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0030438834     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.873     Document Type: Article

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