Developmental potential of small micromeres in sea urchin embryos

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 845-852

  Kurihara, Haruko ^a,b   Amemiya, Shonan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental potential; Echinoid; Recombinant embryo; Small micromere

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CHIMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO INDUCTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; JAPAN; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; BODY PATTERNING; CHIMERA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEA URCHINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CLYPEASTER SUBDEPRESSUS; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; HEMICENTROTUS PULCHERRIMUS; MIRABILIS; SCAPHECHINUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 25444472121     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.845     Document Type: Article

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