Autopodial development in the sea turtles Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-263

  Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a   Mitgutsch, Christian ^b   Nagashima, Hiroshi ^c   Kuratani, Shigeru ^c  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone; Cartilage; Cheloniidae; Limb; Ontogeny; Testudines

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHONDROGENESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHONDROGENESIS; EXTREMITIES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OSTEOGENESIS; TURTLES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34248554449     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.257     Document Type: Article

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