Early skeletal development in Talpa europaea, the common European mole

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 427-434

  Prochel, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eulipotyphla; Mammalia; Ontogeny; Sesamoids; Staining; Talpidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBIC BONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SESAMOID BONE; TARSAL BONE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLES; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PUBIC BONE; SESAMOID BONES; TARSAL BONES;

ALLIGATOR; CHELYDRA; LACERTA; MAMMALIA; SUS; TALPA EUROPAEA; THERIA;

EID: 33746618364     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.427     Document Type: Article

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