Maternal information and localized maternal mrnas in eggs and early embryos of the ascidian halocynthia roretzi

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 41-49

  Nishida, Hiroki ^a   Makabe, Kazuhiro W ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryogenesis; Cytoplasmic determinants; Fate determination; Localization; Maternal mrna; Ooplasmic transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032867690     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1999.9652676     Document Type: Article

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