The effect of retinoic acid on the germ cells enter meiosis in the chick embryo (gallus gallus domesticus)

Tsitologiya

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 659-664

  Nekrasova, A A ^a   Lukina, N A ^a   Kozikova, L V ^b   Smirnov, A F ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b All Russian Research Institute of Farm Animal Genetics and Breeding   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chicken; Germ cells; Meiosis; Retinoic acid; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERM CELL; GONAD; MALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MALE; MEIOSIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84856374688     PISSN: 00413771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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