Caudal autotomy and regeneration in lizards

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 965-973

  Clause, Amanda R ^a   Capaldi, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LIZARDS; REGENERATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIL;

SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845466967     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.346     Document Type: Article

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