The early blastocyst is bilaterally symmetrical and its axis of symmetry is aligned with the animal-vegetal axis of the zygote in the mouse

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-301

  Gardner, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal vegetal axis; Bilateral axis; Bilateral symmetry; Blastocyst; Clonal analysis; DiI; Dye coupling; Embryonic abembryonic axis; Fluorescein complexon; Intercellular bridges; Ionic coupling; Lineage labelling; Mid bodies; Mouse; Polar bodies; Zygote

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL JUNCTION; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031058668     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.124.2.289     Document Type: Article

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