Is there a germ plasm in mouse oocytes?

Zygote

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-332

  Reunov, Arkadiy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Germinal bodies; Mitochondria; Mouse; Oocytes; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENSE BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GERM LINE; GOLGI COMPLEX; LABORATORY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OUTER MEMBRANE; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLYMERIZATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 14844315749     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199404002916     Document Type: Article

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