Identification of cortical germ cells in adult ovaries from three phyllostomid bats: Artibeus jamaicensis, Glossophaga soricina and Sturnira lilium

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 825-836

  Antonio Rubio, Nivia Rocio ^a   Porras Gómez, Tania Janeth ^a   Moreno Mendoza, Norma ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cell proliferation; follicle; immunofluorescence; neo oogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; ARTICLE; BAT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICAL GERM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVIDUCT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; STEM CELL; STURNIRA LILIUM; WILD SPECIES;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880453749     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12126     Document Type: Article

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