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Induction of ovulation in Xenopus without hCG injection: the effect of adding steroids into the aquatic environment

BACKGROUND: The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, is widely used in studies of oogenesis, meiotic cell cycle and early embryonic development. However, in order to perform such studies, eggs are normally collected after the injection of hCG into the dorsal lymph sac of fully-grown female frogs fol...

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Autores principales: Ogawa, Aoi, Dake, Junpei, Iwashina, Yu-ki, Tokumoto, Toshinobu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21255406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-9-11