Follicular development and ovulation determined by ultrasound imaging in the viviparous lizard Barisia imbricata (Reptilia: Anguidae)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-406

  Martínez Torres, Martín ^a   Guzmán Rodríguez, Raymundo ^a   Cárdenas León, Mario ^b   Brunner Reynaldo, Noemí ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorio de Hormonas Proteicas   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicos y de la Nutrición Salvador Subirán   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUIDAE; BARISIA IMBRICATA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 33749316927     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[401:FDAODB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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