Ultrastructure of the ovarian follicles in the placentotrophic Andean lizard of the genus Mabuya (Squamata: Scincidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 738-749

  Vieira, Simón ^a   de Pérez, Gloria Romero ^a   Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Microlecithal eggs; Oogenesis; Placentotrophy; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYTES; ORGANELLES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

MABUYA; METATHERIA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77952177696     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10830     Document Type: Article

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