Polarized light microscopy in reproductive and developmental biology

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 82, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 548-562

  Koike Tani, Maki ^a   Tani, Tomomi ^a   Mehta, Shalin B ^a   Verma, Amitabh ^a   Oldenbourg, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM; CHICK; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPE; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; EMBRYOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

CLYPEASTEROIDA; ECHINOIDEA; GERRIDAE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYOLOGY; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; SPERM HEAD; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84937730698     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22221     Document Type: Review

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