Pigmentation in anuran testes: Anatomical pattern and variation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-182

  Franco Belussi, Lilian ^a   Zieri, Rodrigo ^a   Santos, Lia Raquel de Souza ^a   Moresco, Rafaela Maria ^a   De Oliveira, Classius ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomical variation; Anurans; Pigmentation testes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANURA; MALE; MELANOCYTES; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 59949085029     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20832     Document Type: Article

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