Ultrastructural Studies on Developing Follicles of the Spotted Ray Torpedo marmorata

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-86

  Prisco, Marina ^a,b   Loredana, Ricchiari ^a   Piero, Andreuccetti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b c/o Dipto Biol Evolutiva Comparata ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Folliculogenesis; Intercellular bridges; Ovary; Torpedo marmorata (Rayformes); Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

RAJA MONTAGUI; TORPEDO; TORPEDO MARMORATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TORPEDO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; TORPEDO;

EID: 0036371305     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1133     Document Type: Article

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