The colonic groove or furrow: A comparative morphological study of six species of African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 966-975

  Kotze S H ^a   van der Merwe, E L ^b   Ndou, R ^b   O'Riain, M J ^c   Bennett, N C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colonic groove; Colonic separation mechanism; Comparative morphology; CSM; Mole rats

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLON; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MOLE RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; COLON; MOLE RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BATHYERGIDAE; BATHYERGUS SUILLUS; CAVIA; CHINCHILLIDAE; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA; MYOCASTORINAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 68649094220     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10733     Document Type: Article

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