Ontogeny of the plastron of the giant Amazon river turtle, podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) (Testudines, Podocnemididae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 491-495

  Vieira, Lucélia Gonçalves ^a   Santos, André L Quagliatto ^a   Lima, Fabiano Campos ^a   Pinto, José G Souza ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alizarin; Embryos; Ossification; Reptilia; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; OSTEOGENESIS; TURTLES;

DERMATEMYDIDAE; EPIPLASTRON; PODOCNEMIDIDAE; PODOCNEMIS EXPANSA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70349107999     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.26.491     Document Type: Article

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