Lungfish evolution and development

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-289

  Joss, Jean MP ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lungfish; Neoteny; Thyroid axis

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; IODOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DEVONIAN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOSSIL; GENOME; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOTENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 33747852066     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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