Arrested development in Xenopus laevis tadpoles: How size constrains metamorphosis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2133-2145

  Rot Nikcevic, Irena ^a   Wassersug, Richard J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Giantism; Growth; Neoteny; Thyroid gland; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; GONADS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 3042567810     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01002     Document Type: Article

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