Asymmetric germ cell division and oocyte determination during Drosophila oogenesis

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2001, Pages 93-138

  Deng, W ^a   Lin, H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Cell fate; Drosophila; Germline; Oocytes; Oogenesis; Spermatogenesis; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL;

ARMADILLO; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0035209921     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)03005-4     Document Type: Review

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