Meiotic gene expression initiates during larval development in the sea urchin

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-163

  Yajima, Mamiko ^a   Suglia, Elena ^a   Gustafson, Eric A ^a   Wessel, Gary M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult rudiment; Germ line; Meiosis; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MEIOSIS; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LARVA; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

CHORDATA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; EUKARYOTA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 84872683424     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23904     Document Type: Article

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