Ovarian germline stem cells in the teleost fish, medaka (Oryzias latipes)

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-409

  Nakamura, Shuhei ^a   Kobayashi, Kayo ^a   Nishimura, Toshiya ^a,b   Tanaka, Minoru ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germline stem cells; Medaka; Sox9

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955774002     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.7.403     Document Type: Review

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