Quantitative changes in yolk protein and other components in the ovary and testis of the sea urchin Pseudocentrotus depressus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 365-372

  Unuma, T ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a   Akiyama, T ^a   Shiraishi, M ^a   Ohta, H ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Nutrition; Nutritive phagocyte; Ovary; Protein reserve; Pseudocentrotus depressus; Sea urchin; Testis; Yolk protein

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOGENESIS; OVARY; SEA URCHINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; PSEUDOCENTROTUS DEPRESSUS;

EID: 0347786974     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00102     Document Type: Article

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