Heterochromatin endoreduplication prior to gametogenesis and chromatin diminution during early embryogenesis in Mesocyclops edax (Copepoda: Crustacea)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-397

  Rasch, Ellen M ^a   Wyngaard, Grace A ^b   Connelly, Barbara A ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin diminution; Copepods; DNA; Gonomery embryogenesis; Heterochromatin

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; MESOCYCLOPS EDAX;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COPEPOD; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HETEROCHROMATIN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COPEPODA; DNA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELLS; HETEROCHROMATIN; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE;

EID: 44249108144     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10576     Document Type: Article

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