Development of the pattern of dentition and dental laminae of Costa Rican plethodontid salamanders (Amphibia: Urodela)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-338

  Ehmcke, Jens ^a   Clemen, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental laminae; Plethodontidae; Sequence of dentition pattern formation; Teeth of jaws and vomer; Urodela

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENTITION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SALAMANDER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 0033949889     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(00)80005-9     Document Type: Article

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