Melanomacrophage aggregations and their age relationships in the yellow mud turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Kinosternidae)

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 185-190

  Christiansen, James L ^a   Grzybowski, John M ^b   Kodama, Robert M ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa Lutheran Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracutaneous pigment cells; Kinosternon senescence; Lipofuscin; Reptilian senescence; Turtle melanomacrophages

Indexed keywords

ANURA; KINOSTERNON; KINOSTERNON FLAVESCENS; PISCES; REPTILIA; TELEOSTEI; TESTUDINES;

MELANIN; PIGMENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; TURTLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MELANINS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPLEEN; TURTLES;

EID: 0030204076     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00108.x     Document Type: Article

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