Parathyroids and ultimobranchial bodies in monotremes

Anatomical Record

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-280

  Haynes, Julie Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative histology; Monotreme; Parathyroid; Thymus; Ultimobranchial body; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS; TISSUE SECTION; ULTIMOBRANCHIAL BODY;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; ECHIDNA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MONOTREMATA; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLATYPUS; ULTIMOBRANCHIAL BODY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; REPTILIA; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0033080842     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990201)254:2<269::AID-AR13>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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