Presence of pigment in the ovine pineal gland during embryonic development

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 147-154

  Regodon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Ovine; Pigment; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PINEAL BODY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEMOSIDERIN; MALE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PINEAL GLAND; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031983535     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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