Sequential order of appearance of ossification centers in the opossum Didelphis albiventris (Didelphidae) skeleton during development in the Marsupium

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-121

  De Oliveira, Cleida Aparecida ^a   Nogueira, José Carlos ^a   Mahecha, Germán Arturo Bohórquez ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Didelphis albiventris; Marsupial; Ossification centers; Skeleton opossum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CARTILAGE; CLAVICLE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OSSIFICATION; RIB; SKULL; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0031922562     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(98)80005-8     Document Type: Article

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