Ultrastructural changes during nuclear maturation in Bufo arenarum oocytes

Zygote

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-269

  Ramos, Inés ^a,b   Winik, Beatriz C ^a   Cisint, Susana ^a   Crespo, Claudia ^a   Medina, Marcela ^a   Fernández, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Nuclear maturation; Oocyte; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BUFO ARENARUM;

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; OOCYTES; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0033174069     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199499000659     Document Type: Article

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