Serotonergic Mechanisms of Oocyte Germinal Vesicle Breakdown in the Mud Crab, Scylla paramamosain

The mechanism of serotonin (5-HT)-induced oocyte germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) in the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain, was investigated in this study. Histological staining showed that there were two meiotic arrests in oocyte, appearing at prophase I and metaphase I. This result indicated that mei...

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Main Authors: Yanan Yang, Dongdong Lin, Chenchang Bao, Huiyang Huang, Haihui Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00797/full