Differentiation of the gonad rudiment into ovary and testis in the solitary ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 759-768

  Okada, Toshiaki ^a   Yamamoto, Masamichi ^b  

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

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonadogenesis; Ovary; Primordial germ cell; Testis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GOLGI COMPLEX; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033402396     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1999.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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