Ontogeny of the nasopalatine duct in primates

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 862-869

  Shimp, Kristin L ^a,d   Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^b   Bonar, Christopher J ^c   Smith, Timothy D ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluntschli collection; Microcebus murinus; Microcebus myoxinus; Nasopalatine duct; Ontogeny; Primates; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FETUS; INSECTIVORE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; MICROCEBUS MYOXINUS; NASOPALATINE DUCT; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; ONTOGENY; PALATE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAGUINUS GEOFFROYI; TENREC ECAUDATUS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; MICROCEBUS MYOXINUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS GEOFFROYI; TENREC ECAUDATUS;

EID: 0141890244     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10101     Document Type: Article

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