Development of the olfactory epithelium and vomeronasal organ in the Japanese reddish frog, Rana japonica

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-15

  Taniguchi, Kazumi ^a   Toshima, Yoshinori ^b   Saito, Toru R ^c   Taniguchi, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Frog; Olfactory epithelium; Ultrastructure; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ANURA; JAPONICA; RANA JAPONICA;

COLORING AGENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROVILLUS; NOSE SEPTUM; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CILIA; COLORING AGENTS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; NASAL SEPTUM; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; RANIDAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029690669     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.58.7     Document Type: Article

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