The Mouse Vertebrae: Changes in the Morphology of Mouse Vertebrae Exhibit Specific Patterns over Limited Numbers of Vertebral Levels

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-32

  Shinohara, Harumichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genes; Gross anatomy; Metameric body pattern; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOUSE; SPINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPINE;

EID: 0033125653     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.76.1_17     Document Type: Article

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