Development of the ovary in the brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula (Marsupialia)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 651-665

  Ullmann, Suzanne L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marsupials; Ovarian granulosa cells; Rete ovarii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; MESOTHELIUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULOSA CELLS; MARSUPIALIA; MESONEPHROS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030474008     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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