Timing of early developmental events in embryos of a tropical sea urchin Echinometra mathaei

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 617-626

  Kominami, Tetsuya ^a   Takata, Hiromi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleavage cycle; Dorsoventral axis; Nucleo cytoplasmic ratio; Sea urchin; Timing mechanism

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL NUCLEUS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEA URCHINS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMETRA MATHAEI; HEMICENTROTUS PULCHERRIMUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038266177     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.617     Document Type: Article

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