Postnatal development of the fore- and hindlimbs in the grey short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-152

  Martin, Katharine E A ^a   Mackay, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histology; Marsupial; Myogenesis; Ossification; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

ALIZARIN;

BIRTH; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MARSUPIAL; MESODERM; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OSSIFICATION; PERIOSTEUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; EXTREMITIES; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPOSSUMS;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0037275838     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00149.x     Document Type: Review

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