Ontogenetic morphology and allometry of the cranium in the common European mole (Talpa europaea)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 667-677

  Goswami, Anjali ^a   Prochel, Jan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Development; Eulipotyphla; Homology; Ontogeny; Ossificiation; Talpidae

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CRANIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY;

EUTHERIA; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; TALPA; TALPA EUROPAEA; TALPIDAE;

EID: 34347209971     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-315R.1     Document Type: Article

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