Oocyte maturation: Converting the zebrafish oocyte to the fertilizable egg

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-57

  Lessman, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastodisc; Egg activation; Germinal vesicle; Ooplasm; Osmoregulation; Yolk

Indexed keywords

YOLK PROTEIN;

BLASTODISC; CELL MIGRATION; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 60449095570     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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