Maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in the Pacific oyster (Crassosfrea gigas): A preliminary study using mtDNA sequence analysis with evidence of random distribution of MitoTracker-stained sperm mitochondria in fertilized eggs

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-254

  Obata, Mayu ^a   Shimizu, Michiyo ^a   Sano, Natsumi ^a   Komaru, Akira ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Germ cells; Mitochondria; Mtdna; Sperm

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OYSTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRASSOSTREA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRIA; OVUM; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MYTILIDAE; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 44149099802     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.248     Document Type: Article

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