Ultrastructural observations of previtellogenic ovarian follicles of the caecilians Ichthyophis tricolor and Gegeneophis ramaswamii

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-342

  Beyo, Reston S ^a   Sreejith, Parameswaran ^a   Divya, Lekha ^a   Oommen, Oommen V ^a   Akbarsha, Mohammad A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Follicle cells; Mitochondrial cloud; Ovarian follicles; Previtellogenic follicle

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLOGENESIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; VITELLOGENESIS;

GEGENEOPHIS RAMASWAMII; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIS TRICOLOR;

EID: 34247857363     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10523     Document Type: Article

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