The pattern of ovarian development in the prepubertal Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-389

  Tetsuka, Masafumi ^a   Asada, Masatsugu ^a   Mogoe, Toshihiro ^b   Fukui, Yutaka ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^b   Ohsumi, Seiji ^b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Minke whale; Ovarian development; Whale

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; IMMATURITY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; TISSUE GROWTH; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; WEIGHT; WHALE; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; CETACEA;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; FEMALE; OVARY; SEXUAL MATURATION; WHALES;

EID: 16644403020     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.381     Document Type: Article

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