Ontogeny of the tessellated skeleton: Insight from the skeletal growth of the round stingray Urobatis halleri

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-239

  Dean, Mason N ^a,e   Mull, Chris G ^b   Gorb, Stanislav N ^c   Summers, Adam P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Development; Elasmobranch; Mineralization; Skeletal Evolution; Tesserae; Vertebrate skeleton

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MANDIBLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERICHONDRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROBATIS HALLERI; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; ELASMOBRANCHII; JAW; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; UROBATIS HALLERI; UROLOPHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69249217998     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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