Developmental morphology of the neonatal alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) ovary

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 302-312

  Moore, Brandon C ^a   Uribe Aranzábal, Mari Carmen ^b   Boggs, Ashley S P ^a   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alligator mississippiensis; Folliculogenesis; Lacunae; Oogenesis; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; GALLUS GALLUS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY;

EID: 42649108460     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10583     Document Type: Article

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