Neoteny and the thyroid in ratites

Reviews of Reproduction

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 78-81

  Dawson, Alistair ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; BIRD; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE;

EID: 0030131961     PISSN: 13596004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0010078     Document Type: Article

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