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Fig. 33.
(A) Transverse section of medaka ovary consisting of (i) ovarian and (ii) stromal
compartments. Between these two compartments, note the presence of germinal epithelium
lined by the basement membrane. (B) A dorsal view of the ovarian cord in ovary of
sox9b-
EGFP transgenic medaka. 'Germinal cradles' (arrows) composed of germ cells and the
sox9b-
expressing cells are connected to each other by the cellular processes of
sox9b-
expressing cells
(arrow heads) to form the network, the 'ovarian cords' (from Nakamura et al., 2011. Ovarian
germline stem cells in the teleost fi sh, medaka (
Oryzias latipes
). Int J Biol Sci, 7: 403-409, with
permission of IJBS Publishing Team)
