Epidermal differentiation in embryos of the tuatara Sphenodon punctatus (Reptilia, Sphenodontidae) in comparison with the epidermis of other reptiles

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-103

  Alibardi, L ^a   Gill, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Histology; Reptiles; Skin; Tuatara; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA KERATIN; BETA KERATIN; KERATIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HATCHING; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SKIN; SKIN STRUCTURE; SNAKE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLTING; MORPHOGENESIS; REPTILES;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SPHENODONTIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447119754     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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