Oocyte maturation in the brachiopod Terebratalia transversa: Role of follicle cell-oocyte attachments during ovulation and germinal vesicle breakdown

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 324-340

  Stricker, Stephen A ^a   Folsom, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRACHIOPODA; TEREBRATALIA TRANSVERSA;

EID: 0031458552     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542935     Document Type: Article

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