Turtle and mammal penis designs are anatomically convergent

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2004, Pages

  Kelly, D A ^a,b  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Mammal; Penis; Turtle

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; COPULATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 3242888178     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0161     Document Type: Article

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