Oocytes in newborn MRL mouse testes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Otsuka, Saori ^a   Konno, Akihiro ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshiharu ^a   Sasaki, Nobuya ^a   Endoh, Daiji ^b   Kon, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follicular development; Meiosis; Mouse; MRL Mpl; Oocyte development; Ovary; Sex differentiation; Testicular oocyte; Testis

Indexed keywords

A J MOUSE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C3H MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELL GRANULE; CELL SIZE; DBA 2 MOUSE; EGG PRODUCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MRL MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMT2A GENE; OOCYTE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZP1 GENE; ZP2 GENE; ZP3 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OOCYTES; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 46449102896     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.064519     Document Type: Article

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