Structural polarity and dynamics of male germline stem cells in an insect (milkweed bug oncopeltus fasciatus)

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 450, Issue , 2008, Pages 71-94

  Dorn, David C ^a   Dorn, August ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; GSC dynamics; Immunocytochemistry; Male GSC; Milkweed bug; Structural polarity

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 84934436861     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-214-8_5     Document Type: Article

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