Fine structure of the early stages of spermatogenesis in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Mollusca, Bivalvia)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-260

  Franco, A ^a   Heude Berthelin, C ^a   Goux, D ^a   Sourdaine, P ^a   Mathieu, M ^a  

^a Biology and Innovative Therapeutics for Ovarian Cancers group   (France)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Germ cells characteristics; Mollusc bivalve; Reproductive cycle; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERM LINE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLLUSC; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PACHYTENE; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 45849119090     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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