Oogenesis: Single cell development and differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 385-405

  Song, Jia L ^a   Wong, Julian L ^a   Wessel, Gary M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical granules; Fertilization; Gene structure; Meiosis; Mitosis; Oocytes; Transcription factors; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

FASCICLIN I;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURFACE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INTESTINE; INTRON; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEA URCHIN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TANDEM REPEAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 34748846319     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.07.041     Document Type: Article

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