Equalization of unequal first cleavage in the Tubifex egg by introduction of an additional centrosome: Implications for the absence of cortical mechanisms for mitotic spindle asymmetry

Developmental Biology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Ishii, Ryuichi ^a   Shimizu, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOPHASE;

ANIMALIA; TUBIFEX;

EID: 0031238775     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8653     Document Type: Article

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