Are extant lungfish neotenic?

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 733-735

  Joss, Jean M P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lungfish; Neoteny; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; IODINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; FISH; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0031716269     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02286.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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