Regeneration of amputated avian bone by a coral skeletal implant

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-13

  Rinkevich, B ^a   Ben Yakir, S ^b   Ben Yakir, R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b Hod Hasharon Veterinary Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; GALLIFORMES; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 0032844803     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542992     Document Type: Article

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