The existence of the vomeronasal organ in postnatal chimpanzees and evidence for its homology with that of humans

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-82

  Smith, Timothy D ^a,b   Siegel, Michael I ^b   Bonar, Christopher J ^c   Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^d   Mooney, Mark P ^b   Burrows, Annie M ^a,b   Smith, Matthew A ^e   Maico, Lisette M ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Cleveland MetroParks Zoo ^*  (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jacobson's organ; Paraseptal cartilage; Vomeronasal cartilage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACACA; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CARTILAGE; NOSE SEPTUM; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEMUR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; NASAL SEPTUM; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; OTOLEMUR GARNETTII; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0035134027     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878200007056     Document Type: Article

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