Morphology and ultrastructure of possible integumentary sense organs in the estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-324

  Jackson, Kate ^a,b   Butler, David G ^a   Youson, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0029850183     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199609)229:3<315::AID-JMOR6>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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