Secondary coverage of the yolk by the body wall in the direct developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui: An unusual process for amphibian embryos

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 457-466

  Elinson, Richard P ^a   Fang, Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Body wall; Direct development; Frog development; Morphogenetic movement

Indexed keywords

AMNION CELL; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECTODERM; EGG; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; FROG; MELANOPHORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; YOLK SAC;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; MELANOPHORA; RANA PIPIENS; RECTUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031732610     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050203     Document Type: Article

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