Evolutionary and cellular mechanisms regulating intestinal performance of amphibians and reptiles

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 282-294

  Secor, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PYTHONIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19944382494     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.2.282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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