Reproduction and love: Strategies of the organism's cellular defense system?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-176

  De Loof, A ^a   Huybrechts, R ^a   Kotanen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cytoskeleton; Ecdysone; Endocrinology; Estrogen; Germ cells; Pole plasm; Sex

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGG YOLK; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; VITELLOGENESIS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVOLUTION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROIDS; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0031661576     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10007-5     Document Type: Review

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