Mechanistic basis of life history evolution in anuran amphibians: Thyroid gland development in the direct-developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 225-232

  Jennings, David H ^a,b   Hanken, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FROG; HISTOLOGY; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0031905379     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7111     Document Type: Article

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