Gravity influences the position of the dorsoventral axis in medaka fish embryos (Oryzias latipes)

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 509-518

  Fluck, Richard A ^a   Krok, Karen L ^a   Bast, Brian A ^a   Michaud, Sarah E ^a   Kim, Cecilia E ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsoventral axis; Gravity; Medaka; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FISH; GRAVITY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; TILTING; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031712428     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-3-00005.x     Document Type: Article

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