Continuous loss of oocytes throughout meiotic prophase in the normal mouse ovary

Developmental Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 334-348

  McClellan, Kelly A ^a   Gosden, Roger ^a   Taketo, Teruko ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GCNA 1; Germ cell; Meiotic prophase; Mouse fetal ovary; MVH; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL LOSS; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE;

MURINAE;

EID: 0038179069     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00132-5     Document Type: Article

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