Improbable appendages: Deer antler renewal as a unique case of mammalian regeneration

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 535-542

  Kierdorf, Uwe ^a   Li, Chunyi ^b   Price, Joanna S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervidae; Growth control; Periosteum; Review; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REGENERATION; CELL ACTIVATION; DEER; EPITHELIUM; FRONTAL BONE; HORN; INNERVATION; MESENCHYME; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE; WOUND;

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649424562     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.11.011     Document Type: Review

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