Postnatal ossification of the thoracic limb in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) (Meyen, 1833) from the Mediterranean Sea

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1286-1293

  DiGiancamillo, Mauro ^a   Rattegni, Giovanni ^a   Podestà, Michela ^b   Cagnolaro, Luigi ^b   Cozzi, Bruno ^a   Leonardi, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Museum of Natural History of Milan   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032451106     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-055     Document Type: Article

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