The ultrastructure of human reproduction. 1. The natural history of the female germ cell: Origin, migration and differentiation inside the developing ovary

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 281-295

  Motta, Pietro M ^a,c   Makabe, Sayoko ^b   Nottola, Stefania A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Anatomy   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD ROM; Development; Germ cells; Human; Ovary; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; OVARY; OVUM;

EID: 0030770313     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/3.3.281     Document Type: Review

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