Embryonic brain growth in two shorebirds: Charadrius vociferus and gallinago gallinago

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-26

  Nol, Erica ^a   Boire, Denis ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Brain structure; Embryos; Growth; Killdeer; Shorebirds; Snipe

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0029681884     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113184     Document Type: Article

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