Unpaired ultimobranchial glands of the African lungfish, Protopterus dolloi

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 581-588

  Shinohara Ohtani, Youko ^a   Sasayama, Yuichi ^b  

^a SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; CHONDRICHTHYES; PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0032343850     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.581     Document Type: Article

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