Seasonal Changes in Lymphoid Distribution of the Turtle Mauremys caspica

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2004, Pages 178-183

  Muñoz, Francisco J ^a   De La Fuente, Mónica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE SYSTEM; SEASONALITY; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; MAUREMYS; MAUREMYS CASPICA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 1242298887     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CP-02-058R2     Document Type: Article

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