Accumulation of yolk in a caecilian (Gegeneophis ramaswamii) oocyte: A Light and transmission electron microscopic study

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1412-1424

  Beyo, Reston S ^a   Divya, Lekha ^a   Oommen, Oommen V ^a   Akbarsha, Mohammad A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Oocyte; Ovarian follicles; Vitellogenesis; Yolk

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; EGG YOLK; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLOGENESIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; EGG YOLK; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; VITELLOGENESIS;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GEGENEOPHIS RAMASWAMII; GYMNOPHIONA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55749113021     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10670     Document Type: Article

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