Ultrastructure of ventral epidermis in the terrestrial and aquatic phases of the newt Triturus vittatus (Jenyns)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-347

  Warburg, M R ^a   Rosenberg, Mira ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Epidermis; Newts; Triturus; Ultrastructure; Urodela

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; KERATINOCYTE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEYDIG CELL; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MITOCHONDRION; NEWT; NONHUMAN; SALAMANDER; STRATUM CORNEUM; TONOFILAMENT;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS VITTATUS;

EID: 0030841461     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(97)80073-8     Document Type: Article

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