Normal bias in the direction of fetal rotation depends on blastomere composition during early cleavage in the mouse

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gardner, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIVISION; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; ANIMAL; CELL POLARITY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CILIA; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; MICE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949692384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009610     Document Type: Article

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