The mechanism of chemical delivery to the vomeronasal organs in squamate reptiles: A comparative morphological approach

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-34

  Filoramo, Nirvana I ^a,b   Schwenk, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMORECEPTOR; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MOUTH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TONGUE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOUTH; PHYLOGENY; TONGUE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 58349113860     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.492     Document Type: Article

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