The balbiani body in the female germline cells of an earwig, opisthocosmia silvestris

Zoological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 754-757

  Tworzydlo, Waclaw ^a   Kloc, Malgorzata ^b   Bilinski, Szczepan M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Balbiani body; Dermaptera; Fusome; Germ cell cyst

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; INSECT; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARY;

DERMAPTERA; FORFICULOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; OPISTHOCOSMIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70450255171     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.26.754     Document Type: Article

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