Histological and Stereological Changes in Growing and Regressing Chicken Ovaries During Development

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 893-904

  González Morán, María Genoveva ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chicken; Histology; Left ovary; Right ovary; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; INTERSTITIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; FEMALE; OVARY;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79954521914     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21364     Document Type: Article

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