Morphology and development of teeth and epidermal brushes in loricariid catfishes

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 268, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 805-814

  Geerinckx, Tom ^a   De Poorter, Joris ^a   Adriaens, Dominique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dentition; Loricariidae; Ontogeny; Suckermouth armored catfishes; Unculi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; EPIDERMIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; EPIDERMIS; ODONTOGENESIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN;

ALGAE; LORICARIIDAE; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 34548489366     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10547     Document Type: Article

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