Allometric scaling and proportion regulation in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 326-333

  Oviedo, Néstor J ^a,b   Newmark, Phillip A ^c   Sánchez Alvarado, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; DEG ENaC; Planarian; Regeneration; Scale and proportion

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION; METAZOON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE REGENERATION; TURBELLARIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CELL LINE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HEAD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; SODIUM CHANNELS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

METAZOA; PLANARIA; SCHMIDTEA; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 0037310238     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10228     Document Type: Article

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