Changes in shell membranes during the development of quail embryos

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 246-251

  Yoshizaki, N ^a   Saito, H ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilized egg; Incubation; Quail; Shell membrane; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EGG WHITE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTURNIX; EGG SHELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; EGG SHELL; EGG WHITE; MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PERMEABILITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0036479966     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.2.246     Document Type: Article

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