Spatial distribution of yolk platelets and fat droplets in oocytes and cleaving embryos of the common frog (Rana temporaria) and toad (Bufo bufo)

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-96

  Romek, Marek ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Egg cells; Fat droplets; Stereology; Volume density; Yolk platelets

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; BLASTULA; CYTOPLASM; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FROG; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; STEREOLOGY; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0031978999     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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