The "third eye" - A new concept of trans-differentiation of pineal gland into median eye in amphibian tadpoles of Bufo melanostictus

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 671-678

  Jangir, O P ^a   Suthar, P ^a   Shekhawat, D V S ^a   Acharya, P ^a   Swami, K K ^a   Sharma, Manshi ^a  

^a Dungar College India   (India)

Author keywords

Bufo melanostictus; Pineal gland; Third eye; Trans differentiation; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EYE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; PINEAL BODY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; EYE; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; PINEAL GLAND; VITAMIN A;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO MELANOSTICTUS;

EID: 23744488662     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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