Structure of the sexually dimorphic gland of Cycloramphus fuliginosus (Amphibia, Anura, Cycloramphidae)

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-39

  Gonçalves, Vanessa Figueira ^a   de Brito Gitirana, Lycia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cycloramphid; Histochemistry; Iliac gland; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; GENES; GLYCOPROTEINS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYCLORAMPHID; HISTOCHEMISTRY; ILIAC GLAND; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

PROTEIN;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EXOCRINE GLAND; FROGS AND TOADS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; ANURA; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CYCLORAMPHUS; DISCOIDAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 35948929070     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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