The Balbiani body in the oocytes of a common cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides (Araneae: Pholcidae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-326

  Jedrzejowska, Izabela ^a   Kubrakiewicz, Janusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nuage; Oogenesis; Organelle accumulations; Spider

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALBIANI RING; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; SPIDER; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; PHOLCIDAE; PHOLCUS; PHOLCUS PHALANGIOIDES;

EID: 34548409925     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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