Separated dental laminae are present in the upper jaw of Mesoamerican lungless salamanders (Amphibia, Plethodontidae)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-53

  Ehmcke, Jens ^a   Wistuba, Joachim ^b   Clemen, Günter ^a  

^a Inst of Animal Evolution/Ecology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bolitoglossa; Dental lamina; Neotropics; Plethodontidae; Teeth; Urodela

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DENTITION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MALE; MATING; MAXILLA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALAMANDER; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; BOLITOGLOSSA; BOLITOGLOSSA COLONNEA; BOLITOGLOSSA DOFLEINI; BOLITOGLOSSA LIGNICOLOR; BOLITOGLOSSA PESRUBRA; BOLITOGLOSSA SCHIZODACTYLA; BOLITOGLOSSA STRIATULA; CAUDATA; LAMIINAE; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 1242352954     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80119-5     Document Type: Article

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