Changes in the populations of mitotic and apoptotic cells in white follicles during atresia in hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 408-413

  Kitamura, A ^a   Yoshimura, Y ^a   Okamoto, T ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atresia in white follicles; Chicken ovary; Histochemistry; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; NICK END LABELING; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; THECA CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MITOSIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0036512410     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.3.408     Document Type: Article

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