Early development and embryology of the platypus

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1372, 1998, Pages 1101-1114

  Hughes, R Leon ^a   Hall, Leslie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early development; Embryology; Ornithorhynchus; Platypus

Indexed keywords

ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 0032578164     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0269     Document Type: Article

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