Do prostaglandins regulate external gill regression in anurans?

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 366-373

  Warkentin, Karen M ^a,b,d   Wassersug, Richard J ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GILL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPROSTADIL; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; DINOPROSTONE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GILLS;

AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035339229     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1018     Document Type: Article

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