Eggshell structure, mode of development and growth rate in birds

Zoology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 494-502

  Karlsson, Ola ^a   Lilja, Clas ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altricial birds; Calcium source; Embryogenesis; Mammillary layer; Precocial birds

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG SHELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALCIUM; EGG SHELL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 50149091324     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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