Origin of the gonad in the juvenile of a solitary ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-79

  Yamamoto, Masamichi ^a   Okada, Toshiaki ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonad rudiment; Gonadogenesis; Primordial germ cell; Tail resorption; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; TAIL; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0033028042     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.1999.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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