Early development of chondrocranium in the tailed frog Ascaphus truei (Amphibia: Anura): Implications for anuran palatoquadrate homologies

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-100

  Reiss, John O ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARTILAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EAR; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GILL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; LARVA; MALE; MESODERM; NEURAL CREST; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANURA; BLOOD VESSELS; CARTILAGE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EAR; FEMALE; GILLS; HEAD; LARVA; MALE; MESODERM; NEURAL CREST; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

EID: 0031023652     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199701)231:1<63::AID-JMOR6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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