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Fig. 3

From: Basic reproductive biology of daggertooth pike conger, Muraenesox cinereus: A possible model for oogenesis in Anguilliformes

Fig. 3

Photomicrographs of ovaries in wild daggertooth pike conger. (a) Stage I: immature. (b) Stage II: vitellogenesis onset. (c) Stage III: vitellogenesis progression. (d, e) Stage IV: vitellogenesis completion. (f) Stage V: post-spawning. Asterisks (*) indicate adipose cells. Bars: 200 μm. Abbreviations: PV, pre-vitellogenic oocytes; OD, oil droplet stage oocytes; PY, primary yolk stage oocytes; SY, secondary yolk stage oocytes; AO, atretic oocytes

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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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