Female germline stem cell niches of earwigs are structurally simple and different from those of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 634-640

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

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Argosome; Cytoneme; Earwigs; Oogenesis; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STROMA CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOGENESIS; ORGANELLES; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS;

DERMAPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; OPISTHOCOSMIA;

EID: 77950441706     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10824     Document Type: Article

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