Serous cutaneous glands in Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis (Anura, Hylidae): Secretory patterns during ontogenesis

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-40

  Delfino, G ^a   Brizzi, R ^a   Alvarez, B B ^b   Kracke Berndorff, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Development; Lipid glands; Phyllomedusa; Serous skin glands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOPLASM; FROGS AND TOADS; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; SKIN GLAND; SKIN SECRETION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; PHYLLOMEDUSA; PHYLLOMEDUSA HYPOCHONDRIALIS; PHYLLOMEDUSA SAUVAGEI;

EID: 0031936956     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80004-9     Document Type: Article

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