Comparative patterns of postcranial ontogeny in therian mammals: An analysis of relative timing of ossification events

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 264-273

  SÁnchez villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; PHYLOGENY; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; AMNIOTA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; EUTHERIA; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS; LACERTA; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; METATHERIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; MYOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; REPTILIA; SMINTHOPSIS; SMINTHOPSIS MACROURA; THERIA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0037108399     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.10147     Document Type: Article

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