Staging criteria for embryos of the spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera (Testudines: Trionychidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 272-291

  Greenbaum, Eli ^a,b   Carr, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalone spinifera; Embryology; Testudines; Trionychidae

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; HEAD; JAW; MORPHOGENESIS; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE; FEMALE; HEAD; JAW; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; TURTLES;

APALONE SPINIFERA; MYA ARENARIA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 0036896194     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10036     Document Type: Article

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