Developmental potential of fused Caenorhabditis elegans oocytes: Generation of giant and twin embryos

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 257-266

  Irle, Torger ^a   Schierenberg, Einhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fusion; Cell specification; Embryogenesis; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULATION; GERM LINE; HATCHING; LASER; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; TRIPLOIDY; ZYGOTE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COUNT; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULA; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; PLOIDIES; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036942869     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-002-0232-5     Document Type: Review

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