Cranial kinesis in gekkonid lizards

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3687-3698

  Herrel, A ^a   De Vree, F ^a   Delheusy, V ^b   Gans, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cineradiography; Cranial kinesis; Electromyography; Gekko gecko; Gekkonid; Lizard; Morphology; Phelsuma madagascariensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033451373     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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