Assessment of laryngeal muscle and testicular cell types in xenopus laevis (anura pipidae) inhabiting maize and non-maize growing areas of south africa

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-76

  Smith, Ernest E ^a   Du Preez, Louis H ^b   Gentles, Angella ^a   Solomon, Keith R ^c   Tandler, Bernard ^d   Carr, James A ^a   Van Der Kraak, Glen L ^c   Kendall, Ronald J ^a   Giesy, John P ^e   Gross, Timothy S ^f  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Laryngeal muscle; Reproduction; Spermatogenesis; Stereology; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PIPIDAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 22344434271     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2005.9635519     Document Type: Article

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