Embryogenesis and laboratory maintenance of the foam-nesting túngara frogs, genus Engystomops (= Physalaemus)

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1444-1454

  Romero Carvajal, Andrés ^a   Sáenz Ponce, Natalia ^a   Venegas Ferrín, Michael ^a   Almeida Reinoso, Diego ^a   Lee, Chanjae ^b   Bond, Jennifer ^b   Ryan, Michael J ^b   Wallingford, John B ^b   Del Pino, Eugenia M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Colostethus machalilla; Engystomops coloradorum; Engystomops pustulosus; Engystomops randi; Gastrotheca riobambae; Gastrulation modes; Neural development; Somitogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOSTETHUS MACHALILLA; EMBRYO; ENGYSTOMOPS COLORADORUM; ENGYSTOMOPS PUSTULOSUS; ENGYSTOMOPS RANDI; FROG; GASTROTHECA RIOBAMBAE; GASTRULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; RANIDAE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COLOSTETHUS MACHALILLA; GASTROTHECA RIOBAMBAE; PHYSALAEMUS; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS;

EID: 66349104234     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21952     Document Type: Article

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