Posthatching development of alligator mississippiensis ovary and testis

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 580-595

  Moore, Brandon C ^a   Hamlin, Heather J ^a   Botteri, Nicole L ^a   Lawler, Ashley N ^a   Mathavan, Ketan K ^a   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator mississippiensis; Development; Follicle assembly; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 77950411028     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10818     Document Type: Article

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