Studies on fertilization in the teleost. I. Dynamic responses of fertilized medaka eggs

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 475-483

  Iwamatsu, Takashi ^a  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleavage plane; Egg axis; Fertilization; Fish egg

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL POLARITY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE CORTEX; PRONUCLEUS; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0031685276     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-3-00002.x     Document Type: Article

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