Factors affecting oogenesis in the South African Clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-312

  Green, Sherril L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL HOUSING; EGG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FROG; GAMETOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; DIET; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036670177     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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