Normal embryonic development of the Japanese pipistrelle, Pipistrellus abramus

Zoology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Tokita, Masayoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bat morphology; Embryogenesis; Embryonic staging system; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CHIROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS ABRAMUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33646036673     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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