Light and scanning microscopic studies of integument differentiation in the grass snake Natrix natrix L. (Lepidosauria, Serpentes) during embryogenesis

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-41

  Swadźba, Elwira ^a   Maślak, Robert ^b   Rupik, Weronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dermis; Differentiation; Embryo; Epidermis; Gastrosteges; Grass snake; Scale

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; GRASS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNAKE;

LEPIDOSAURIA; NATRIX NATRIX; SERPENTES;

EID: 57049110360     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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