Morphology of the complex laryngeal gland in the atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-106

  Smith, Toby L ^a   Turnbull, Beth S ^a,b   Cowan, Daniel F ^a,b,c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cetacean; Immune system; Larynx; Lymphoepithelial; Lymphoglandular organ

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARYNX; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MUCUS GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; DOLPHINS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; LARYNX; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032899837     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990101)254:1<98::AID-AR13>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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