Comparative postnatal ontogeny of the skull in the australidelphian metatherian Dasyurus albopunctatus (Marsupialia: Dasyuromorpha: Dasyuridae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 426-440

  Flores, David A ^a,b   Giannini, Norberto ^a,b   Abdala, Fernando ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allometry; Dasyurus; Marsupials; Ontogeny; Skull

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; MALE; MANDIBLE; MARSUPIAL; MIDDLE EAR; MOLAR TOOTH; SKULL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; JOINTS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MARSUPIALIA; MOLAR; SKULL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DASYURIDAE; DASYUROMORPHIA; DASYURUS; DASYURUS ALBOPUNCTATUS; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; DROMICIOPS GLIROIDES; LUTREOLINA CRASSICAUDATA; METATHERIA; MICROBIOTHERIIDAE;

EID: 33645526024     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10420     Document Type: Article

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