Stereological analysis of mitochondria in embryos of Rana temporaria and Bufo bufo during cleavage

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Romek, Marek ^a   Krzysztofowicz, Ewa ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bufo; Cleavage; Embryo; Mitochondria; Rana; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY; TOAD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 14844327550     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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