Embryological development of Caiman latirostris (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae)

Genesis

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 401-417

  Lungman, Josefina ^a   Piña, Carlos I ^a,b,c   Siroski, Pablo ^b,d  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Diamante   (Argentina)

^b Proyecto Yacaré ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ENTRE RÍOS   (Argentina)

^d Laboratorio Central de la Provincia de Santa Fe   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Broad snouted caiman; Embryology; Growth; Incubation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; INCUBATION TIME; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; HISTOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 52049102898     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20413     Document Type: Article

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