Cephalochordate (amphioxus) embryos: Procurement, culture, and basic methods

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2004, Issue 74, 2004, Pages 195-215

  Holland, Linda Z ^a   Yu, Ju Ka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; AQUACULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; NASA DISCIPLINE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STAINING; STANDARD;

NASA DISCIPLINE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 6044269754     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(04)74009-1     Document Type: Review

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