Molecular cloning and characterization of Dmc1, a gene involved in gametogenesis, from the whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

Fisheries Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 961-969

  Okutsu, Tomoyuki ^a   Kang, Bong Jung ^a   Miwa, Misako ^b   Yoshizaki, Goro ^b   Maeno, Yukio ^a   Wilder, Marcy N ^a  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Dmc1; Litopenaeus vannamei; Meiosis; Oogenesis; Reproduction; Spermatogenesis; Whiteleg shrimp

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650175620     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-010-0295-6     Document Type: Article

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