Intestinal Growth in Altricial European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and Precocial Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica): A Morphometric and Cytokinetic Study

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-306

  Starck, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Cell kinetics; Intestinal growth; Morphometry; Mucosal epithelium; Turnover time

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE GROWTH;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIRDS; CELL DIVISION; COTURNIX; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031018809     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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