The normal development of Mongolian gerbil foetuses and, in particular, the timing and sequence of the appearance of ossification centres

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 319-324

  Yukawa, M ^a   Hayashi, N ^a   Takagi, K ^a   Mochizuki, K ^a  

^a Department of Veterinary Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GERBIL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GERBILLINAE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICE; OSTEOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 0033253235     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.1999.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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