Morphology of the ovary of Caiman crocodilus (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-24

  Calderón, Martha L ^a,c   De Pérez, Gloria R ^b   Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caiman crocodilus; Corpus luteum; Follicular development; Ovarian histology

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHOSAURIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GERMINAL CENTER; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUAMATA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TESTUDINES; VITELLOGENESIS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 1242352957     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80113-4     Document Type: Article

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