Effects of season on kidney morphology in house sparrows

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1201-1206

  Casotti, Giovanni ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Histology; House sparrow; JB4; Kidney; Passer domesticus; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HENLE LOOP; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; NEPHRON; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; LOOP OF HENLE; MALE; NEPHRONS; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

ANIMALIA; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0035745467     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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