Intraepithelial plasma cells in the avian copulatory organ of two tinamou species: Quantitative variation during the breeding season

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 207, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 409-416

  Oliveira, Cleida Aparecida ^a,b   Geraldo, Irina ^a   Poblete, Pablo César Pezoa ^a   Macedo, Grazielle Franco ^a   Mahecha, Germán Arturo Bohórquez ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birds; Epithelium; Local immunity; Phallus; Tinamidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVALUATION; FOWL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; PENIS; PLASMA CELLS; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; NOTHURA; NOTHURA MACULOSA; RHYNCHOTUS RUFESCENS; TINAMIDAE; TINAMIFORMES;

EID: 0346725857     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-003-0358-x     Document Type: Article

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