Claw development and cornification in the passeraceous bird zebrafinch (Taeniatopygia guttata castanotis)

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-199

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Claw; Development; Immunocytochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BETA KERATIN; LIPID;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; HISTOGENESIS; HOOF AND CLAW; KERATINOCYTE; NAIL; NONHUMAN; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN STRUCTURE; TOE;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; FINCHES; HOOF AND CLAW; KERATINOCYTES;

EID: 69249216657     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12565-009-0015-4     Document Type: Article

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