Involution of lymphoid organs in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the western gulf of Mexico: Implications for life in an aquatic environment

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

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-73

  Clark, Lance S ^a,d   Turner, Jason P ^b   Cowan, Daniel F ^a,b,c  

^a Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal tonsil; Bottlenose dolphins; Colon mucosa associated lymphoid tissue; Lymph nodes; Lymphatic system; Thymus; Tonsil; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THYMUS; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ADENOIDS; AGING; ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; COLON; DOLPHINS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 11344283792     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20147     Document Type: Article

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