Ultrastructural and morphometric characterization of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) ovarian preantral follicles

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 323-333

  Mondadori, R G ^a,b   Luque, M C A ^a   Santin, T R ^b   Bao S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UPIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Primary follicle; Primordial follicle; Secondary follicle; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BUFFALO; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BUFFALOES; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; ORGANELLES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33751174756     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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