Intercalary elements, treefrogs, and the early differentiation of a complex system in the neobatrachia

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1551-1567

  Manzano, Adriana S ^a,d   Fabrezi, Marissa ^b   Vences, Miguel ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d CIC y TTP CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anurans; Digits; Intercalary elements; Muscles; Treefrogs

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIPHYSIS; FINGER; FROG; GROWTH CURVE; HYALINE CARTILAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHALANX; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTREMITIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CENTROLENIDAE; HYLA; HYLIDAE; HYLOIDEA; LEPTOPELIS; LYSAPSUS; NEOBATRACHIA; PSEUDIS;

EID: 37049016197     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20608     Document Type: Article

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