Structural flexibility of the intestine of burmese python in response to feeding

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 325-335

  Starck, J M ^a   Beese, K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burmese python; Functional anatomy; Gastrointestinal tract; Nutrition; Phenotypic flexibility; Python molurus bivittatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROVILLUS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; SNAKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BOIDAE; CELL DIVISION; EATING; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; S PHASE;

ANIMALIA; PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035146760     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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