Adaptive evolution of secretory cell lines in vertebrate skin

Caryologia

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-206

  Quagliata, Sara ^a   Delfino, Giovanni ^a   Malentacchi, Cecilia ^a   Delfino, Chiara ^a   Brunasso, Alexandra M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous glands; Function; Structure; Ultrastructure; Vertebrate phylogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845249225     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2006.10797915     Document Type: Article

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