Vertebral development of modern salamanders provides insights into a unique event of their evolutionary history

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-29

  Boisvert, Catherine Anne ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; GYMNOPHIONA; HYNOBIIDAE; RANODON; SALAMANDRELLA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHONDROGENESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHONDROGENESIS; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE; URODELA;

EID: 61449528597     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21238     Document Type: Article

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