Histological structure of antlers in castrated male fallow deer (Dama dama)

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

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1352-1362

  Kierdorf, Uwe ^a   Kierdorf, Horst ^b   Schultz, Michael ^c   Rolf, Hans J ^d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antler; Bone; Castration; Fallow deer (Dama dama); Histology; Skin

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REMODELING; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORN; IMMATURITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BONE AND BONES; DEER; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; REGENERATION; SKIN;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 10044236491     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20127     Document Type: Article

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