Differentiation and development of gonads in the yellow-bellied toad, bombina variegata L., 1758 (Amphibia: Anura: Bombinatoridae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Piprek, Rafał P ^a   Pecio, Anna ^a   Szymura, Jacek M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Germline; Gonadal development; Gonadal somatic cells; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA; BOMBINATORIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76149113282     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.47     Document Type: Article

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