Morphological aspects of gonadal morphogenesis in Bufo bufo (Amphibia Anura): Bidder's organ differentiation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 801-813

  Falconi, Rossanna ^a   Dalpiaz, Davide ^a   Zaccanti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asynchronous germ cells nest; Basal laminae; Bidder's organ differentiation; Bufo bufo L. 1758; Germ cells; Gonadal morphogenesis; Immunocytochemistry; Medullary somatic cells; Stem cells; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MORPHOGENESIS; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEM CELL; TIME; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BUFO BUFO; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MORPHOGENESIS; OOCYTES; OOGONIA; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547464161     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20521     Document Type: Article

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