Occurrence of amitotic division of trophoblast cell nuclei in blastocysts of the western spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius latifrons)

Hereditas

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-184

  Isakova, Galina K ^a   Mead, Rodney A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CARNIVORA; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAPAUSE; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOREDUPLICATION; FEMALE; INTERPHASE; KARYOTYPE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; SILVER STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MEPHITIDAE; TROPHOBLASTS;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; SPILOGALE PUTORIUS;

EID: 3242769265     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2004.01749.x     Document Type: Article

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