Female-specific increase in primordial germ cells marks sex differentiation in threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 909-921

  Lewis, Zachary R ^a   McClellan, Maryanne C ^a   Postlethwait, John H ^b   Cresko, William A ^b   Kaplan, Robert H ^a,b  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gasterosteus; PGC; Primordial germ cell; Sex determination; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 50349083381     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10608     Document Type: Article

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