Ultrastructural features and elemental distribution in eggshell during pre and post hatching periods in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas at Ras Al-Hadd, Oman

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-221

  Al Bahry, S N ^a   Mahmoud, I Y ^a   Al Amri, I S ^a   Ba Omar, T A ^a   Melgheit, K O ^a   Al Kindi, A Y ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Crystals; Eggshell; Elemental distribution and mapping; Green turtles; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EGG SHELL; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67349205709     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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