Morphology of the Harderian gland of the gecko, Tarentola mauritanica

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-142

  Chieffi Baccari, Gabriella ^a   Chieffi, Giovanni ^b   Di Matteo, Loredana ^b   Dafnis, Demetrio ^b   De Rienzo, Gianluca ^b   Minucci, Sergio ^b,c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Facolta de Medicina e Chirugia   (Italy)

^c Dipto di Medicina Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Harderian gland; Histochemistry; Histology; Mast cells; Reptiles; Tarentola mauritanica; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MAST CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HARDERIAN GLAND; LIZARDS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

ANIMALIA; GEKKO; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TARENTOLA MAURITANICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343527514     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200005)244:2<137::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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