Histological and cytological studies on the developing thymus of sharpsnout seabream, Diplodus puntazzo

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-50

  Romano, Nicla ^a   Fanelli, Monica ^a   Del Papa, Giovanni Maria ^a   Scapigliati, Giuseppe ^a   Mastrolia, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Teleost fishes; Thymic development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISH; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULUM CELL; TELEOST; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; FISHES; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; DIPLODUS PUNTAZZO; PISCES; PUNTAZZO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0033058531     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878298004336     Document Type: Article

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