Development of transient head cavities during early organogenesis of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1069-1083

  Kundrát, Martin ^a   Janáček, Jiří ^b   Martin, Samuel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c La Ferme aux Crocodiles   (France)

Author keywords

Crocodile; Development; Epigenesist; Head cavities; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CD57 ANTIGEN;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HYOID BONE; MANDIBLE; MESODERM; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMITE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD57; HEAD; HYOID BONE; MANDIBLE; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANOGENESIS; SOMITES;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; ELASMOBRANCHII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69449097478     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10743     Document Type: Article

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