Comparative morphology of the pituitary gland in Australian flying foxes (megachiroptera: genus Pteropus)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-77

  O'Brien, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bat; Chiroptera; Comparative anatomy; Computer assisted image processing; Hypophysis; Organ weight; Periodicity seasons; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MEGACHIROPTERA; ONCOUSOECIA; POLIOCEPHALUS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS ALECTO; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS; PTEROPUS SCAPULATUS;

EID: 0030026265     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199601)244:1<70::AID-AR7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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