The Dorsal Lingual Epithelium of Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa (Chelonia, Cryptodira)

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

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 227-235

  Beisser, Christian Josef ^a   Lemell, Patrick ^a   Weisgram, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Histology; Lingual glands; Tongue; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MUCOUS CELL; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCLEMMYS PULCHERRIMA INCISA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TONGUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYPTODIRA; RHINOCLEMMYS; RHINOCLEMMYS PULCHERRIMA INCISA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 1442286774     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20008     Document Type: Article

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