Ventricle and outflow tract of the African lungfish Protopterus dolloi

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-51

  Icardo, José M ^a   Brunelli, Elvira ^b   Perrotta, Ida ^b   Colvee, Elvira ^a   Wong, Wai P ^c   Ip, Yuen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bulbus arteriosus; Conus arteriosus; Endocardial ridges; Heart; Lungfish; Outflow tract; Protopterus dolloi; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FISHES; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIUM;

AVES; BULBUS; MAMMALIA; PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22944476126     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10340     Document Type: Article

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