Morphometric and ultrastructural characterization of Bos indicus preantral follicles

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 45-57

  Kacinskis, Mirella Ávila ^a   Lucci, Carolina Madeira ^a   Luque, Maria Carolina Aquino ^a   Báo, Sônia Nair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Histology; Morphometry; Preantral follicles; Ultrastructure; Zebu cattle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GOLGI APPARATUS; GRANULOSA CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; ORGANELLES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 18844433845     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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