Mosquito embryos and eggs: Polarity and terminology of chorionic layers

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 701-708

  Valle, D ^a   Monnerat, A T ^a   Soares, M J ^a   Rosa Freitas, M G ^a   Pelajo Machado, M ^a   Vale, B S ^a   Lenzi, H L ^a   Galler, R ^a   Lima, J B P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biologia do Exército   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Chorion; Confocal microscopy; Egg; Embryo

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHORION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE CARRIER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032765779     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00154-1     Document Type: Article

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