Comparative study of vitellogenesis in the anuran amphibians Ceratophrys cranwelli (Leptodactilidae) and Bufo arenarum (Bufonidae)

Zygote

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Villecco, Evelina I ^a   Aybar, Manuel J ^a   Sánchez Riera, Alicia N ^a   Sánchez, Sara S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cytoplasmic organelles; Oocyte; Vitellogenesis; Yolk platelet

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BUFO ARENARUM; BUFO MARINUS; BUFONIDAE; CERATOPHRYS; CERATOPHRYS CRANWELLI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURE; FROGS AND TOADS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0033072364     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199499000349     Document Type: Article

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